Further Notes on Foreshadowing the Severity of the Iceberg Season South of Newfoundland.

Abstract

It may be recalled that following the preliminary indications mainly by Meinardus (1904) and Mecking (1906) that the iceberg severity off Newfoundland in the spring and early summer is influenced by the preceding pressure distribution in the northern North Atlantic and adjacent areas, Smith derived a formula (1931) employing essentially the pressure falls: Belle Isle to Ivigtut and Bergen to Stykkisholm, based on data from 1879/80 to 1925/26, inclusive. Subsequently Groissmayr (1939) suggested that also the preceding temperatures in the North Atlantic and elsewhere bear a marked relation to the following ice off Newfoundland as, perhaps, might have been expected from the general relation between the pressure and temperature in that area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1950
Accession Number
ADA080436

Entities

People

  • I. I. Schell

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Flow
  • Air Temperature
  • Baffin Bay
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Coast Guard
  • Coefficients
  • High Latitudes
  • Indicators
  • Intervals
  • Newfoundland (Province)
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Transportation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.