The Entry of the Bering Sea Water into the Canadian Basin Gyre

Abstract

LONG TERM GOALS. This project's primary scientific goal concerns the contribution of the Bering Sea Water to the maintenance of the Arctic Halocline in the Canadian Basin (CB). This study relates to changes/variability in the acoustic propagation characteristics and in the maintenance of the polar ice cap of the CB. Subsidiary goals concern: 1) the circulation of the Bering Sea Water (BSW) from its entry near Herald Canyon to the CB Gyre; 2) its mixing evolution en route and the its contribution to the heating and freshening of the surface waters of the CB Gyre; 3) the relative contribution of the Eurasian Shelf Waters and their extent of influence in the Canadian Basin; and 4) the pathway, transport and role of the underlying Polar Atlantic Intermediate Water (PAtIW) to the heat and salt balance of the CB Halocline layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA634837

Entities

People

  • Tom S. Hopkins

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acquisition
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Bering Sea
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Data Sets
  • Fresh Water
  • Glaciers
  • Heat Energy
  • Maintenance
  • North Carolina
  • Oceans
  • Sea Water
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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