Mizlant 86 Data Report Results of an Oceanographic Cruise to Northern Baffin Bay and Nares Strait in September 1986.

Abstract

Salinity and temperature measurements were made at 145 oceanographic stations in northern Baffin Bay and the waters to the north as far as the southern fringes of the Lincoln Sea. Intermediate water from the West Spitzbergen Current is shown to turn westward and enter Lancaster Sound, being walled off from entering Smith Sound to any great degree by bathymetry. Intermediate water from the Arctic Ocean flows southward, the deeper and warmer parts truncated by a sill in Kennedy Channel. Keywords: Electrical conductivity; Sea water circulation; Ocean bottom topography; Oceanographic data; Marginal ice zones; Ocean currents; Water masses; Sir John Franklin icebreaker; Arctic intermediate water; Canada. (edc)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195622

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Paquette
  • Robert H. Bourke
  • Victor G. Addison Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Baffin Bay
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Geography
  • Measurement
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Observatories
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Research Facilities
  • Scientists
  • Security
  • Ships
  • Submarines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies