MIZPAC 80A; USCGC POLAR STAR (WAGB-10) Arctic West Operations. Bering Sea. Cruise Report and Preliminary Oceanographic Results,
Abstract
The specific oceanographic objectives for this cruise included: (1) Development of descriptive data on the general oceanographic conditions of the Bering Sea during the wintertime; (2) Definition of any observed phenomena associated with the ice edge, such as temperature-salinity structure, and in particular those features which could impact sound transmission; (3) Characterization of the brine process with respect to spatial variability, the effect of water depth, the influence of local fresh water additions and regions of more significant ice formation; (4) Definition of the spatial influence of low salinity surface water resulting from river discharge; and (5) Examination of the hydrographic structure of the ice edge to help substantiate recent concepts that the ice edge is a region where significant melting occurs of ice formed in the northern Bering Sea and carried south by winds.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA089734
Entities
People
- B. G. Andersen
- J. L. Newton