Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea

• Main Authors: Dean, K., Mcroy, C. P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: OCEANOGRAPHY; Yukon; Bering Sea; Norton Sound; Yukon river
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19870010444

The distribution of near-surface, turbid water, discharged by the Yukon River, was studied based on analysis of satellite imagery. The interannual analyses indicates that the net flow of near-surface, turbid water is northward of the delta across the entrance to Norton Sound. Only turbid water to th...