Circulation and Thermohaline Structure Along the Chukchi-Beaufort Continental Slope

Abstract

My long-term goal is to understand the mean and time-varying density structure and circulation dynamics of the continental slope of the Arctic Ocean and how the slope interacts with the adjacent shelves and basin. The circumpolar boundary currents of the Arctic Ocean are important in the distribution and exchange of mass, heat, and material around the basin and between the shelves and the interior ocean. However, this province of the Arctic Ocean is the least understood and sampled portion of the Arctic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA626106

Entities

People

  • Thomas Weingartner

Organizations

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Boundaries
  • Continental Slopes
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamics
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • High Resolution
  • Landforms
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Submarines
  • Topography

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies