FY 1994

Flow along and across the Aleutian ridge

Reed, R.K., and P.J. Stabeno

J. Mar. Res., 52(4), doi: 10.1357/0022240943076957, 639–648 (1994)

During a synoptic hydrocast survey in September 1993 near the Aleutian Islands, net northward flow of Alaskan Stream water occurred through deep passes near 180 and 172W. This inflow (~4 × 10⁶ m³ s⁻¹) was the source of the eastward flow in the Bering Sea north of the islands. The eastward flow, however, was weaker and more convoluted than the stream flow (~7 × 10⁶ m³ s⁻¹, referred to 1000 db) south of the islands.