Frontal structures associated with coastal upwelling and ice-edge subduction events in southern Beaufort Sea during the Canadian Arctic Shelf Exchange Study.

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Sévigny, Caroline, Gratton, Yves, Galbraith, Peter S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: coastal upwelling; frontal processes; near-surface intrusions; southeastern Beaufort Sea; subduction; surface frontogenesis; Arctic; Parry; Cape Bathurst; Cape Parry; Amundsen Gulf; Beaufort Sea; Mackenzie Shelf
• Online Access: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/3935/; https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/3935/1/P2920.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010641

The near-surface temperature structure in the southeastern Beaufort Sea is shown to have been largely dependent on frontal dynamics in spring 2004, which may be typical for the region. Easterly wind events generated coastal upwelling along the Cap Bathurst peninsula; a recurring event in that area....