Beaufort Gyre freshwater experiment
Subtitle: deployment operations and technology 2003
By: W. Ostrom ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ostrom, W.; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Series: WHOI -- 2004-01.; Technical report / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; WHOI (Series) -- 2004-01.; Technical report (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Publisher: WHOI
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Woods Hole, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Fresh water -- Arctic regions -- Measurement.; Salinity -- Arctic regions -- Measurement.; Oceanic mixing -- Arctic regions.; Oceanographic buoys -- Arctic regions.
Description: The Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment (BGFE) observational program was designed to measure the freshwater content of the upper ocean and sea ice in the Beaufort Gyre of the Arctic Ocean using bottom-tethered moorings, drifting buoys, and hydrographic stations. The mooring program required the development of a safe and efficient deployment method by which the subsurface system could be deployed in waters surrounded by sea ice. This report documents the mooring procedure used to deploy the three BGFE moorings from the CCGS Louis S. St- Laurent, during the Joint Western Arctic Climate Study  2003 (August 6  September 7). The technical details of the instrumentation attached to each mooring and the specific deployment parameters are described. Specifics pertaining to the deployment of four surface-tethered drifters in the ice are also documented.
Notes: "January 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (leaf 29).

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Funding provided by the National Science Foundation. Grant no. OPP-0230184.