The exchange of water between Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska
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Schmidt, George Michael, IiiKeyword
Estuarine oceanographyAlaska
Prince William Sound
Oceanic mixing
Ocean circulation
Alaska, Gulf of
Prince William Sound (Alaska)
Alaska, Gulf of (Alaska)
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Prince 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.Description
Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1977Date
1977-05Type
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