One-year records of current and bottom pressure in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya, Svalbard, 1980-81

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Aagaard, K., Foldvik, A., Gammelsrød, T., Vinje, T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2010
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Nordaustlandet; Kvitøya; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2550; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i2.6976

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...