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dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, George Michael, Iii
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-13T21:34:30Z
dc.date.available2015-04-13T21:34:30Z
dc.date.issued1977-05
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/5284
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1977en_US
dc.description.abstractPrince William Sound is a complex fjord-type estuarine system bordering the northern Gulf of Alaska. This study is an analysis of exchange between Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. Warm, high salinity deep water appears outside the Sound during summer and early autumn. Exchange between this ocean water and fjord water is a combination of deep and intermediate advective intrusions plus deep diffusive mixing. Intermediate exchange appears to be an annual phenomenon occurring throughout the summer. During this season, medium scale parcels of ocean water centered on temperature and NO maxima appear in the intermediate depth fjord water. Deep advective exchange also occurs as a regular annual event through the late summer and early autumn. Deep diffusive exchange probably occurs throughout the year, being more evident during the winter in the absence of advective intrusions.en_US
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dc.subjectEstuarine oceanography
dc.subjectAlaska
dc.subjectPrince William Sound
dc.subjectOceanic mixing
dc.subjectOcean circulation
dc.subjectAlaska, Gulf of
dc.subjectPrince William Sound (Alaska)
dc.subjectAlaska, Gulf of (Alaska)
dc.titleThe exchange of water between Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaskaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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