One-year records of current and bottom pressure in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya, Svalbard, 1980-81
We have obtained one year of measurements from a subsurface instrumented mooring carrying two current meters and one bottom pressure recorder in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya in the northeastern Svalbard archipelago. The observations show a mixed tide with typical amplitudes 0.4 db a...
| Published in: | Polar Research |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Norwegian Polar Institute
2010
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| Online Access: | https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2550 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i2.6976 |
| Summary: | We have obtained one year of measurements from a subsurface instrumented mooring carrying two current meters and one bottom pressure recorder in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya in the northeastern Svalbard archipelago. The observations show a mixed tide with typical amplitudes 0.4 db and 1Ocm sec-I. The semidiurnal tide is characterized by a progressive wave propagating toward the south. together with a cross-channel baroclinic mode. The annual average (non-tidal) current is less than 2 cm secc’ toward the north-east, suggesting that the transport into the Arctic Ocean is approximately 0.2 x lo6 m3 SKI |
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