A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago
In connection with extensive seal surveys in the central High Arctic in 1980 and 1981, a computer file of depths was built . Limits of the area covered are: southerly, 71°N in Amundsen Gulf. 73°30'N in M'Clintock Channel, and 73°40'N in Peel Sound; northerly generally 78°10'N; we...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65594 2023-05-15T13:22:51+02:00 A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago Kingsley, Michael C.S. Stirling, Ian 1981-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65594 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65594/49508 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65594 ARCTIC; Vol. 34 No. 4 (1981): December: 281–388; 379 1923-1245 0004-0843 Bathymetry Electronic data processing Hydrographic surveys Mapping Maps Numeric databases Ocean floors Oceanography Submarine topography Canadian Arctic waters Amundsen Gulf N.W.T M'Clintock Channel Nunavut Peel Sound M'Clure Strait Lancaster Sound Jones Sound Norwegian Bay info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1981 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:40Z In connection with extensive seal surveys in the central High Arctic in 1980 and 1981, a computer file of depths was built . Limits of the area covered are: southerly, 71°N in Amundsen Gulf. 73°30'N in M'Clintock Channel, and 73°40'N in Peel Sound; northerly generally 78°10'N; westerly, 120°40'W in Amundsen Gulf, 117°20'W in M'Clure Strait, and 110°W in Hazen Strait; and easterly, 90°40'W in Lancaster Sound, 86°W in Jones Sound, and 88°W in Norwegian Bay . The file consists of the coordinates of the boundaries between the depth classes of Table 1. Coordinates were taken along each of a set of transects lying on even degrees of longitude, even degrees + 40', and odd degrees + 20'. The file has 2343 lines; each contains: transect number; longitude (degrees and minutes); latitude (degrees, minutes, and tenths of minutes); depth class to the south; depth class to the north. . Each line in the file is therefore a point on a depth contour between adjacent classes; where the sea-bed is steeply sloping, the two depth classes on a line may not be adjacent, and such a line represents a point on several coincident contours. Depths were taken off standard hydrographic charts, and a good deal of interpretation, interpolation, resolution of inconsistencies, and plain guessing went into placing the coordinates. However, the file is useable for many purposes requiring approximate values for depth. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Amundsen Gulf Arctic Arctic Archipelago Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Lancaster Sound M'Clure Strait Norwegian Bay Norwegian Bay Nunavut University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Canadian Arctic Archipelago Jones Sound ENVELOPE(-86.000,-86.000,76.002,76.002) Lancaster Sound ENVELOPE(-83.999,-83.999,74.218,74.218) M'Clintock ENVELOPE(-94.214,-94.214,57.802,57.802) M'Clintock Channel ENVELOPE(-102.002,-102.002,72.001,72.001) M'Clure Strait ENVELOPE(-115.999,-115.999,74.498,74.498) Norwegian Bay ENVELOPE(-91.535,-91.535,77.584,77.584) Nunavut Peel Sound ENVELOPE(-96.334,-96.334,73.001,73.001) ARCTIC 34 4 |
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Bathymetry Electronic data processing Hydrographic surveys Mapping Maps Numeric databases Ocean floors Oceanography Submarine topography Canadian Arctic waters Amundsen Gulf N.W.T M'Clintock Channel Nunavut Peel Sound M'Clure Strait Lancaster Sound Jones Sound Norwegian Bay Kingsley, Michael C.S. Stirling, Ian A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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In connection with extensive seal surveys in the central High Arctic in 1980 and 1981, a computer file of depths was built . Limits of the area covered are: southerly, 71°N in Amundsen Gulf. 73°30'N in M'Clintock Channel, and 73°40'N in Peel Sound; northerly generally 78°10'N; westerly, 120°40'W in Amundsen Gulf, 117°20'W in M'Clure Strait, and 110°W in Hazen Strait; and easterly, 90°40'W in Lancaster Sound, 86°W in Jones Sound, and 88°W in Norwegian Bay . The file consists of the coordinates of the boundaries between the depth classes of Table 1. Coordinates were taken along each of a set of transects lying on even degrees of longitude, even degrees + 40', and odd degrees + 20'. The file has 2343 lines; each contains: transect number; longitude (degrees and minutes); latitude (degrees, minutes, and tenths of minutes); depth class to the south; depth class to the north. . Each line in the file is therefore a point on a depth contour between adjacent classes; where the sea-bed is steeply sloping, the two depth classes on a line may not be adjacent, and such a line represents a point on several coincident contours. Depths were taken off standard hydrographic charts, and a good deal of interpretation, interpolation, resolution of inconsistencies, and plain guessing went into placing the coordinates. However, the file is useable for many purposes requiring approximate values for depth. . |
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A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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A Machine-Readable File of Sea Depths for the Central Canadian Arctic Archipelago |
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machine-readable file of sea depths for the central canadian arctic archipelago |
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