A Coastal Jet in the Chukchi Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Wiseman, Jr., WM. J., Rouse, Jr., L.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Ocean currents; Oceanography; Water masses; Chukchi Sea; Arctic; Chukchi; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65596

Data collected in the nearshore region between Point Lay and Ice Cape, Alaska, support the thesis that a well-developed coastal jet is present during the summer. The temporal variability of the current is as predicted by theory. The physical characteristics of the region suggest a strong signal-to-noise ratio for the baroclinic coastal jet. It is probably the dominant mode of summer coastal circulation for the entire Chukchi Sea coast of the Alaskan North Slope.