An oceanographic investigation of mesostructure near Arctic ice margins
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Authors
Corse, William Russell
Subjects
Mesostructure
Microstructure
Arctic
Underwater sound
Oceanography
Chukchi Sea
Ice
MIZPAC
Internal waves
Microstructure
Arctic
Underwater sound
Oceanography
Chukchi Sea
Ice
MIZPAC
Internal waves
Advisors
Paquette, Robert G.
Date of Issue
1974-09
Date
September 1974
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The origin and continuity of complex temperature profiles observed in the Chukchi Sea as part of the MIZPAC 71 program was investigated. The positive temperature anomalies, termed mesostructure elements, were found to have their heat source in the warm coastal current. Interleaving coupled with mixing in the marginal ice zone due to ice protuberances was found to account for the temperature features observed. Particular mesostructure elements were traces for several km. The deeper structure was found to occur in some association with a rhythmic deepening of constant density surfaces, possibly due to tidal influence.
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Department
Oceanography
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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