FY 1981

On coastal flow in the northeast Gulf of Alaska near Yakutat

Reed, R.K., J.D. Schumacher, and C. Wright

Atmos.-Ocean, 19(1), doi: 10.1080/07055900.1981.9649099, 47–53 (1981)

Seasonal maps of geopotential topography and salinity at 10 m were prepared for a region in the northeast Gulf of Alaska near Yakutat. Coastal waters in this region receive considerable runoff in late summer, but the dilution does not result in a greatly intensified coastal flow. Baroclinic coastal flow in the northeast Gulf appears to be weaker than the coastal flow (Kenai Current) to the west along the Kenai Peninsula and in Shelikof Strait.