Submarine-Based Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Measurements of the Upper Arctic Ocean

The long-term goals of this project are to better understand and quantify the processes that are primarily responsible for redistribution of heat and salt within the Arctic Ocean. The topical focus has been on quantification of the slope-trapped boundary currents and on understanding the roles of sm...

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Main Author: Gunn, John T
Other Authors: EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH SEATTLE WA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2001
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Acoustic Detection and Detectors
Acoustics
*DOPPLER SYSTEMS
*OCEAN CURRENTS
*UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS
ARCTIC OCEAN
CONTINENTAL SLOPES
DYNAMICS
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
MIXING
OCEAN BASINS
SALTS
TRANSPORT
HEAT REDISTRIBUTION
SALT REDISTRIBUTION
BOUNDARY CURRENTS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Basin
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA626075
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Summary:The long-term goals of this project are to better understand and quantify the processes that are primarily responsible for redistribution of heat and salt within the Arctic Ocean. The topical focus has been on quantification of the slope-trapped boundary currents and on understanding the roles of small-scale and mesoscale processes in the redistribution of water properties within the central basins. The geographical focus spans the Arctic Basin but emphasizes the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins and the frontal systems that overlie the inter-basin ridges.

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