Contributions of the Siberian shelf polynyas to the Arctic Ocean intermediate and deep water

• Main Authors: Martin, Seelye, Cavalieri, Donald J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: 48; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Norwegian Sea; Greenland; Whalers Bay; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19890066779

To investigate the role of Siberian Shelf polynyas in water mass formation, and that of Whalers Bay in the cooling of the West Spitsbergen Current, satellite observations from the Nimbus 7 scanning multichannel microwave radiometer are used to determine the size and location of polynyas for November...