Satellite and Oceanographic Observations of the Warm Coastal Current in the Chukchi Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ahlnäs, K., Garrison, G.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Atmospheric temperature; Heat budgets; Heat transmission; Ice leads; Infrared remote sensing; Ocean currents; Ocean temperature; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Satellite photography; Bering Strait; Chukchi Sea; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Norton Sound; Chukchi; Détroit de Béring; Point Barrow
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65249

Selected infrared images obtained by the NOAA satellites have increased our understanding of the formation and extent of the Alaskan Coastal Current, a movement of relatively warm water from the vicinity of Bering Strait northward along the Alaskan coast past Point Barrow and eventually into the Arc...