Beaufort Sea Mesoscale Circulation Study: Hydrography USCGC POLAR STAR Cruise, October, 1986

摘要

Data presented in the report were collected in October, 1986 from the USCGC Polar Star as part of the Beaufort Sea Mesoscale Circulation Study. The cruise took place on the Beaufort Sea continental shelf and continental slope, from Barrow Canyon to the Canadian border. Sixty three CTD casts at 58 stations were made on the cruise. The CTDs were taken along 6 transects, each roughly perpendicular to the coast. Water samples were collected with each CTD cast, using 101 and 301 Niskin bottles. Samples were analyzed for oxygen, salinity, nutrients, suspended particulates, particulate carbon, chlorophyll, and phytoplankton. The tabulation and plots of Table 3 show all these parameters, together with the density and light attenuation profiles. Samples were also taken for freons, tritium, and isotopes of cesium, radium, and strontium. These are being analyzed separately by other investigators.