Submarine-Based Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Measurements of the Upper Arctic Ocean

Abstract

The long-term goals of this project are to better understand and quantify the processes that are primarily responsible for redistribution of heat and salt within the Arctic Ocean. The topical focus has been on quantification of the slope-trapped boundary currents and on understanding the roles of small-scale and mesoscale processes in the redistribution of water properties within the central basins. The geographical focus spans the Arctic Basin but emphasizes the Nansen, Amundsen and Makarov basins and the frontal systems that overlie the inter-basin ridges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA621253

Entities

People

  • John T. Gunn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Boundaries
  • Data Sets
  • High Latitudes
  • Ice
  • Landforms
  • Measurement
  • Naval Operations
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceans
  • Ridges
  • Sea Ice
  • Submarines
  • Topography
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies