Identification

Title

Long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf: Sediment mooring data from mooring site 5

Alternative title(s)

245.B52-008

Abstract

This project is a continuation of a long-term partnership between National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and North Pacific Research Board (NPRB). Moorings have been maintained on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf at four sites: M2 (56.9 N, 164.1 W) since 1995, M4 (57.9 N, 168.9 W) since 1996, M5 (59.9 N, 171.7 W) and M8 (62.2 N 174.7 W) since 2004. This project together with research by the NOAA program North Pacific Climate Research and Ecosystem Productivity (NPCREP) continued these measurements for the next three years (2008-2010). These moorings, together with observations along the 70 m isobath, are core to the long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf. All four moorings are deployed on the 70m isobath. Key findings including the Oscillating Control Hypothesis (OCH), timing of spring bloom, the magnitude of increased temperature (>2 deg. C) and stability in the nutrient supply have all been a result of the data collected on these moorings. Data from M2 has quantified the warming that occurred over the southern shelf during 2001-2005. This project (O1.1) will continue the time series of temperature, salinity, fluorescence, currents, zooplankton abundance (Tracor Acoustic Profiling System (TAPS-8) at M2 and possibly M4), nitrate, and oxygen (at M2 and possibly M5) at four mooring sites on the Bering Sea shelf. In addition during the late spring and summer a surface mooring (two if ice permits) will be deployed that will measure meteorological variables (air temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind velocity and solar photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)). The surface moorings permit real time reporting of selected data. Data from these moorings are also critical to model verification. Products include mixed layer depth, heat content, temperature, position of the transition between southern pelagic-dominated shelf and northern benthic-dominated shelf, advection, nutrient supply and timing of the spring phytoplankton bloom.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/245.B52-008

protocol: https

name: Long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf: Sediment mooring data from mooring site 5 homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=245.B52-008

protocol: https

name: Long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf: Sediment mooring data from mooring site 5 Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

245.B52-008

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

oceans

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Moorings

Keyword set

keyword value

Plankton

Water Chemistry

Buoy

Oceanography

Mooring

Arctic

Ship Based

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-175.00000

East bounding longitude

-173.00000

North bounding latitude

61.00000

South bounding latitude

58.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2008-07-24T00:00:00Z

End position

2009-09-25T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011-09-13T15:35:00Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

NOAA/PMEL/EcoFOCI

full postal address

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 3

Seattle

98115

USA

telephone number

206-526-6453

email address

phyllis.stabeno@noaa.gov

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:51:21Z

Metadata language

eng; USA