Measurements of the summer surface heat budget of the Northeast Water Polynya. USCGC Polar Sea cruise, July 15--August 15, 1992

• Main Author: Minnett, P. J.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation (U.S.)
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Brookhaven National Laboratory 1994
• Subjects: Greenland; Basic Studies; Monitoring; Ice; Seasonal Variations; Arctic Ocean; Experimental Data; 54 Environmental Sciences; Climatic Change 540310; Climates; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/10150784; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1318845/

A research cruise of the USCGC Polar Sea to the Northeast Water Polynya, off the eastern coast of Greenland (77--81{degree}N, 6--17{degree}W), was made from mid-July to mid-August of 1992 (NEWP `92) as the first field component of the multi-disciplinary study of a high-Arctic polynya funded by the NSF as part of the Arctic Systems Science program. Instruments to measure the components of the surface heat budget of the polynya were installed on a foremast at the bow of the ship. This report presents the measured variables and derived surface fluxes in graphical and tabulated form. Profiles of atmospheric temperature and humidity were taken using radiosondes, and these are also presented.