Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea
Physical and biological oceanography of the northern Bering Sea including the influence of the Yukon River were studied. Satellite data acquired by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the LANDSAT Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and the Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor were used to detect se...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19880014742 2023-05-15T13:24:34+02:00 Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea Mcroy, C. Peter Dean, Kenneson G. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available JAN 1, 1988 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880014742 unknown Document ID: 19880014742 Accession ID: 88N24126 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880014742 No Copyright CASI OCEANOGRAPHY NASA-CR-182802 NAS 1.26:182802 1988 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T09:23:41Z Physical and biological oceanography of the northern Bering Sea including the influence of the Yukon River were studied. Satellite data acquired by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the LANDSAT Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and the Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor were used to detect sea surface temperatures and suspended sediments. Shipboard measurements of temperature, salinity and nutrients were acquired through the Inner Shelf Transfer and Recycling (ISHTAR) project and were compared to digitally enhanced and historical satellite images. The satellite data reveal north-flowing, warm water along the Alaskan coast that is highly turbid with complex patterns of surface circulation near the Yukon River delta. To the west near the Soviet Union, cold water, derived from an upwelling, mixes with shelf water and also flows north. The cold and warm water coincide with the Anadyr, Bering Shelf and Alaskan coastal water masses. Generally, warm Alaskan coastal water forms near the coast and extends offshore as the summer progresses. Turbid water discharged by the Yukon River progresses in the same fashion but extends northward across the entrance to Norton Sound, attaining its maximum surface extent in October. The Anadyr water flows northward and around St. Lawrence Island, but its extent is highly variable and depends upon mesoscale pressure fields in the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. Other/Unknown Material Anadyr Anadyr' Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea St Lawrence Island Yukon river Yukon NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic Arctic Ocean Yukon Bering Sea Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) Anadyr ENVELOPE(177.510,177.510,64.734,64.734) Anadyr’ ENVELOPE(176.233,176.233,64.882,64.882) Norton Sound ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202) Bering Shelf ENVELOPE(-170.783,-170.783,60.128,60.128) |
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Physical and biological oceanography of the northern Bering Sea including the influence of the Yukon River were studied. Satellite data acquired by the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), the LANDSAT Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and the Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor were used to detect sea surface temperatures and suspended sediments. Shipboard measurements of temperature, salinity and nutrients were acquired through the Inner Shelf Transfer and Recycling (ISHTAR) project and were compared to digitally enhanced and historical satellite images. The satellite data reveal north-flowing, warm water along the Alaskan coast that is highly turbid with complex patterns of surface circulation near the Yukon River delta. To the west near the Soviet Union, cold water, derived from an upwelling, mixes with shelf water and also flows north. The cold and warm water coincide with the Anadyr, Bering Shelf and Alaskan coastal water masses. Generally, warm Alaskan coastal water forms near the coast and extends offshore as the summer progresses. Turbid water discharged by the Yukon River progresses in the same fashion but extends northward across the entrance to Norton Sound, attaining its maximum surface extent in October. The Anadyr water flows northward and around St. Lawrence Island, but its extent is highly variable and depends upon mesoscale pressure fields in the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. |
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Mcroy, C. Peter Dean, Kenneson G. |
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Mcroy, C. Peter Dean, Kenneson G. |
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Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea |
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Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea |
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Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea |
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Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea |
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Influence of the Yukon River on the Bering Sea |
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influence of the yukon river on the bering sea |
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1988 |
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ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) ENVELOPE(177.510,177.510,64.734,64.734) ENVELOPE(176.233,176.233,64.882,64.882) ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202) ENVELOPE(-170.783,-170.783,60.128,60.128) |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Yukon Bering Sea Lawrence Island Anadyr Anadyr’ Norton Sound Bering Shelf |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Yukon Bering Sea Lawrence Island Anadyr Anadyr’ Norton Sound Bering Shelf |
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Anadyr Anadyr' Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea St Lawrence Island Yukon river Yukon |
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Anadyr Anadyr' Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea St Lawrence Island Yukon river Yukon |
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Document ID: 19880014742 Accession ID: 88N24126 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19880014742 |
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