The Mountain Barrier Effect and Modification of Tabular Iceberg Motion in a Coastal Ice Zone

• Main Authors: Lu, Mingchi, Sackinger, W. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of Coastal Research 2012
• Subjects: Geoscience; Geography; Ocean Science; Oceanography; Marine Science; Coastal Geology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Wind; iceberg; ice island; sea ice; geostrophic wind; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Axel Heiberg Island; Heiberg; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://journals.fcla.edu/jcr/article/view/78230

A comparison was made between observed surface winds and geostrophic winds calculated from surface pressure maps, for the Arctic Ocean region near Axel Heiberg Island, during the May-September 1986 interval. For five distinct episodes, during which the geostrophic wind was directed from the west tow...