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Northeast Chukchi sea coastal currents
Author(s) -
Hufford G. L.
Publication year - 1977
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/gl004i010p00457
Subject(s) - submarine pipeline , current (fluid) , geology , shore , oceanography , flow (mathematics) , climatology , meteorology , environmental science , geography , mechanics , physics
The characteristics of the surface currents off Point Franklin, Alaska (August 1976), show a southwesterly flow inshore and offshore separated by a northeasterly flow. The offshore southwesterly flow has never been observed before. The surface current regime occurred during a period of persistent northeasterly winds (average speed = 6.9 m sec −1 ). However, the wind does not appear to be the major driving force of the currents except near shore. Transport calculations show that the offshore southwesterly current was the dominant flow. The drift trajectory of three RAMS buoys (winter 1975‐76) during an AIDJEX study indicates that the offshore southwesterly current can occur during other seasons.