Baffin Island Current Explained

Baffin Island Current (or Baffin Current) is an ocean current running south down the western side of Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean, along Baffin Island. Its sources are the West Greenland Current and outflow from the Arctic Ocean. Its speed is approximately 170NaN0 per day.[1] [2] [3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baffin Island Current -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 24 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729205800/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/48703/Baffin-Island-Current. 29 July 2010 . live.
  2. Baffin Island and West Greenland Current Systems in northern Baffin Bay . 10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.001 . 2015 . Münchow . Andreas . Falkner . Kelly K. . Melling . Humfrey . Progress in Oceanography . 132 . 305–317 . 2015PrOce.132..305M .
  3. Web site: Baffin Bay & Davis Strait .
  4. http://muenchow.cms.udel.edu/papers/MuenchowBaffinRevised_2cols.pdf

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