FLOW ALONG AND ACROSS THE ALEUTIAN RIDGE

During a synoptic hydrocast survey in September 1993 near the Aleutian Islands, net northward flow of Alaskan Stream water occurred through deep passes near 180 and 172W. This inflow (approximately 4 x 10(6) m3 s-1) was the source of the eastward flow in the Bering Sea north of the islands. The eastward flow, however, was weaker and more convoluted than the stream flow (approximately 7 x 10(6) m3 s-1, referred to 1000 db) south of the islands.