Oceanographic Cruise Summary Baffin Bay-Davis Strait-Labrador Sea, October 1969

Abstract

The U. S. Naval Oceanographic Office conducted oceanographic operations in support of the annual East Arctic Ice Forecast Program during October 1969 aboard USCGC WESTWIND (WAGB 281). Data were collected at 61 Nansen cast stations in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, and Labrador Sea. Most WESTWIND station data displayed colder temperatures in the upper 40 meters than were recorded in the two previous years. An exception to this trend was observed at the northernmost station where freezing had already begun on all three surveys.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0870918

Entities

People

  • John A. Bunce

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Baffin Bay
  • Bathythermographs
  • Bibliographies
  • Classification
  • Coast Guard
  • Freezing
  • Labrador Sea
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Salinity
  • Sea Water
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies