. Current, temperature, tide, and ice growth measurements, eastern Bering Strait-Cape Prince of Wales : 1953-55. Oceanography; Oceanography; Ocean currents. INTRODUCTION One of the primary projects at the Cape Prince of Wales Field Station, Wales, Alaska, is the con- tinuing and long range study of the volume transport of water through the eastern Bering Strait, the water temperature oscillations throughout the year, the effect of meteorological phenomena and tides on the net water transport, and the over-all relation to ice distribution. The intent is not the evolution of an extensive ice for
. Current, temperature, tide, and ice growth measurements, eastern Bering Strait-Cape Prince of Wales : 1953-55. Oceanography; Oceanography; Ocean currents. INTRODUCTION One of the primary projects at the Cape Prince of Wales Field Station, Wales, Alaska, is the con- tinuing and long range study of the volume transport of water through the eastern Bering Strait, the water temperature oscillations throughout the year, the effect of meteorological phenomena and tides on the net water transport, and the over-all relation to ice distribution. The intent is not the evolution of an extensive ice forecast program, but rather the evaluation of physlcal-oceanographic data in a particular system, the possible extrapolation of these data and proce- dures to similar systems in the arctic area, and the incorporation of pertinent information into existing ice prediction programs. Field Station facilities, general measurement program and instrumentation have been reported.^ (See list of references at end of report.) This report covers the measurement period 1953 through 1955 and summarizes 1954 current measurements con- ducted simultaneously from seven anchor positions located along a 20-nautical-mile line extending due west from Wales, Alaska. These data have been used to calibrate on electromagnetic system which records potentials gen- erated by tidal-water transport. Average monthly transport through a 25-mile section of the eastern Bering Strait has been computed and is presented herein together with monthly bottom sea water temperatures and tidal data. A projected, additional report will study the transport on the basis of temperature-density dis- tribution and will compare the results with the direct observations reported herein. CURRENT MEASUREMENTS direct observations METHOD AND INSTRUMENTATION On 1 August 1954, in conjunction with the 1954 Joint Canadian-U. S. Beaufort Sea Expedition, a series of simultaneous current observations were taken for approximately 14 hours. Sev
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