Measuring the Freshwater
Flux Through Hudson Strait
A Mooring Array to Measure
the Freshwater Through Hudson Strait
flows out of Hudson Strait, into the Labrador Sea on the southern side
of the Strait, as shown in the summertime salinity section to the right.
Three moorings were
deployed in August 2004, from the Canadian Coast Guard
Vessel Pierre Radisson, to obtain a year-long record of the
freshwater flowing out of Hudson Strait, into the Labrador Sea. This
project is in collaboration with Francois Saucier, from the University
of Quebec, Rimouski.
The moorings will be retrieved in August 2005, and a
second set of moorings will be deployed for another year.