E. M. Bykov1, A. A. Bezgin1,2, E. G. Lunev1
1 Marine Hydrophysical Institute of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia
2 Sevastopol State University, Sevastopol, Russia
Abstract
The temperature-profiling drifter for polar applications is described. The unique long-term temperature and drift trajectory data set is obtained and some features of thermal structure under the ice fields near the North Pole region are analyzed.
Keywords
drifter, temperature profile, upper ocean layer, arctic observations