Surface Drift and Dispersion in a Multiply Connected Fjord System

Hauke Blanken gratefully acknowledges financial support through the World Class Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Oil Spills from Ships Initiative, the Oceans Protection Plan, and a University of Victoria Graduate Student Fellowship. The manuscript was significantly improved by the suggestions of two anonymous reviewers, and we thank them for their thoughtful assessment of the work presented here. We would also like to thank Stephen Page for his assistance with collection and archiving of the drifter data, as well as the Captain, crew, and scientists aboard the CCGS John P. Tully and CCGS Vector for their assistance with data collection for this study. All data used in this study can be accessed at this site (www.waterproperties.ca).