Surface circulation patterns off the East Coast of Greenland as deduced from satellite photographs of ice floes

Abstract

Satellite photographs for the period 13 August through 6 September 1973 show both north and south movement of ice floes off the east Greenland coast between 74° and 80°N. The paths of seven large (approximately 25 km diameter across) ice floes tracked through the entire period, and a number of smaller floes tracked through portions of the period, indicate the presence of anticyclonic surface eddies in the waters covering the coastal shelf area.