One-year records of current and bottom pressure in the strait between Nordaustlandet and Kvitøya, Svalbard, 1980-81
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- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- Published by Norwegian Polar Institute in Polar Research
- Vol. 1 (2) , 107-114
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.1983.tb00695.x
Abstract
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 1Ocm sec-I. 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 2 cm secc’ toward the north-east, suggesting that the transport into the Arctic Ocean is approximately 0.2 x lo6 m3 SKIKeywords
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