ISSN:
1751-8369
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Geography
,
Geosciences
Notes:
we have obtained one year of measurements from a subsurface instrumented mooring carrying two current meters and one bottom pressure recorder in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya in the northeastern Svalbard archipelago. The observations show a mixed tide with typical amplitudes 0.4 db and 10cm sec−1. The semidiurnal tide is characterized by a progressive wave propagating toward the south. together with a cross-channel baroclinic mode. The annual average (non-tidal) current is less than 2cm sec−1 toward the north-east, suggesting that the transport into the Arctic Ocean is approximately 0.2 × 106m3s−1.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.1983.tb00695.x
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