USNS BARTLETT cruise to the Greenland Sea in September 1989
Subtitle: data report
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: 1990
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: SEA WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS
Other titles: NPS-68-90-006.
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 C), low salinity near-surface core. The JMC could      also be well defined from its warm, saline 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: Ocean      currents; Deep water; Norwegian sea; Oceanographic data; Electrical conductivity/Salinity;      Sea water; Temperature/Density; Meteorological data. (RJW)
Notes: Cover title.

"NPS-68-90-006."

"July 1990."

"Interim report for period August 1989-June 1990."

AD A226 566.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13).

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