The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder easternberings00hood Year: 1981 96 Physical oceanography (1945), Fedorova and Yankina (1964), and Antonov (1968). One earlier report on transport through Bering Strait not discussed by Coachman et al. (1975) was that of Bloom (1964). He presented data on flow through the eastern channel for various times during the 1950's based mainly on electromagnetic meas- urements. Coachman and Aagaard (1966), in a critical review, concluded that the results could not be interpreted as transports becau
The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder easternberings00hood Year: 1981 96 Physical oceanography (1945), Fedorova and Yankina (1964), and Antonov (1968). One earlier report on transport through Bering Strait not discussed by Coachman et al. (1975) was that of Bloom (1964). He presented data on flow through the eastern channel for various times during the 1950's based mainly on electromagnetic meas- urements. Coachman and Aagaard (1966), in a critical review, concluded that the results could not be interpreted as transports because of uncertainties in the techniques and calibrations. RECENT OBSERVATIONS Since 1973 we have accumulated sufficient new data to allow a reassessment of the transport in the vicinity of Bering Strait, particularly of flow during seasons other than summer and of its variability. The new data include: (1) Current records from meters moored at 11 locations from St. Lawrence Island to Cape Lisburne from September 1976 to June 1977 (Fig. 7-1), with the exception of mooring NC16, which was not deployed until the end of September. Each mooring, with subsurface flotation located well beneath the influence of ice, contained one Aanderaa current meter positioned 10 m above the bottom. The meters were set to record speed and direction at 40-minute intervals, and therefore nominally could record for one year; however, all the records ended for one reason or another between April and July. Concurrent data from all meters (except NC16) were obtained for the seven months September to March inclusive. (2) Water level records obtained for the same period by Aanderaa pressure gauges mounted on the anchors of moorings NC7, NCIO, and NC17, which recorded sea level at one-hour invervals. (3) Sections of current meter stations between Alaska and Siberia from R/V Moana Wave during September 1976 (Fig. 7-1). These sections were the same as those reported in Coachman et al. (1975), and the measurement
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