OBJECTIVES
The overall purpose of the project is to provide a quantitative observationally based assessment of circulation, variability, water-mass transformations, and their mechanisms in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean.
The major objectives of this project are the following:
- To quantify the structure and variability of the circulation in the upper, intermediate, and lower layers of the Canada Basin on interannual and shorter time scales;
- To evaluate the storage and variability of heat and fresh water, particularly within the halocline of the Canada Basin;
- To quantify Atlantic water transport, variability, and water-mass transformation mechanisms along their pathways in the Canada Basin;
- To quantify Pacific water transport, variability, and water-mass transformation mechanisms from the Chukchi Sea shelf toward the Eurasian Basin.
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