St. Lawrence Island polynya: Ice circulation and dense water production

• Main Author: Glueck, Mary Frances Milkovich
• Other Authors: Weingartner, Thomas J.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Physical oceanography; Physics; Atmospheric Science; Polynyas; Alaska; Saint Lawrence Island; Ice; Sea ice; Oceanography; Sea ice drift; Ocean temperature; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fairbanks; Bering Strait; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9527

Dissertation (Ph.D.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1999 The St. Lawrence Island polynya (SLIP) opens every winter off the coast of St. Lawrence Island as winds move ice away from the shore. The SLIP is an important site for production of the dense water that flows northward through the Bering Stra...