Preliminary cruise report of USNS BARTLETT to the Greenland Sea in September 1989
By: Robert H. Bourke, Robert F. Blythe, and Robert G. Paquette
Contributors: Blythe, Robert F.; Paquette, Robert G.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Oceanography
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: HYDROGRAPHY
Other titles: NPS-68-90-001.
Description: As a component of the Greenland Sea Project, a hydrographic cruise was conducted on      board the USNS BARTLETT during September 1989 in the southern Greenland Sea to      characterize the water mass structure and circulation features of the Jan Mayen Current      (JMC). A total of 48 high-quality CTD stations were occupied to depths of 1000 m; five      stations extended to 3000m or more. Five north-south tending transects permitted tracking      of the JMC by its low temperature (< 0 deg C), low salinity core. The JMC could also be      well defined from its intermediate water properties. Deep stations made in the trough of the      Jan Mayen Fracture Zone suggest that the interchange of deep and bottom water from the      Greenland and Norwegian Seas via this trough is a slow diffusive process and not an active      advective feature as previously thought. Keywords: Greenland sea, Jan mayen current,      Greenland sea deep water, Norwegian sea deep water, Greenland sea project. (EG)
Notes: Cover title.

"NPS-68-90-001."

"December 1989."

"Interim report for the period August 1989-November 1989."

AD A218 074.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-36).

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