A Description of Summer Physical Oceanographic Conditions in Rupert Bay (James Bay, Canada)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Veilleux, L., Ingram, R.G., Van Der Baaren, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Bathymetry; Bottom sediments; Estuaries; Ocean currents; Oceanography; Salinity; Sea level; Tides; Weather stations; Winds; Gushue Island; Nunavut; Rupert; Baie de; Québec; Baie de Rupert; Baie James; Canada; Rupert Bay; Arctic; James Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64455

Measurements of current velocity, temperature, salinity, and water level were made over a period of two months in Rupert Bay, James Bay (Canada). From an analysis of the current meter time series, the circulation and distribution of physical properties were found to be dominated by the tides, with t...