Preliminary results of the oceanographic cruise of CCGS SIR JOHN FRANKLIN to Baffin Bay and Nares Strait, September 1986
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Authors
Bourke, Robert H.
Subjects
Baffin Bay
Bathymetry
Salinity
Nares Strait
Physical Oceanography
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
Temperature
Bathymetry
Salinity
Nares Strait
Physical Oceanography
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN
Temperature
Advisors
Date of Issue
1986-11
Date
1986-11
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
iThis report describes the preliminary results of the cruise of the Canadian ice breaker
|CCGS SIR JOHN FRANKLIN to northern Baffin Bay and Nares Strait during September 1986. Over
!175 CTD stations were made including 28 taken during a 36-hour time series. Closely spaced
Istations were acquired across Lancaster, Jones, and Smith Sounds. CTD data and bathymetric
(profiles were obtained throughout the length of Nares Strait (to 82° 09'N)). Three
transects were also made across the West Greenland Current in which a moderately strong
front was noted.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Interim Report for Period August 1986 - November 1986
Series/Report No
Department
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-68-36-010
Sponsors
The work reported herein was supported in part by the Arctic Submarine
Laboratory, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA under Work order
N 66001-86-WR00131.
Funder
N 66001-86-WR00131
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Citation
Distribution Statement
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.