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Surface circulation patterns off the East Coast of Greenland as deduced from satellite photographs of ice floes
Author(s) -
LaViolette P. E.,
Hubertz J. M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl002i009p00400
Subject(s) - geology , satellite , ice shelf , arctic ice pack , sea ice , oceanography , ice sheet , ice stream , period (music) , climatology , cryosphere , physics , acoustics , engineering , aerospace engineering
Satellite photographs for the period 13 August through 6 September 1973 show both north and south movement of ice floes off the east Greenland coast between 74° and 80°N. The paths of seven large (approximately 25 km diameter across) ice floes tracked through the entire period, and a number of smaller floes tracked through portions of the period, indicate the presence of anticyclonic surface eddies in the waters covering the coastal shelf area.