Long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf: ADCP data from mooring site 2. Version 1.0

• Main Authors: Stabeno, P., Napp, J., Whitledge, T.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2011
• Subjects: oceans; Arctic; Oceanography; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Mooring; In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > MOORINGS > MOORINGS > > fbcd0c2b-f8ac-4199-9a37-5e7a39150730; Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler; In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > Acoustic Sounders > > ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler > ca8de50f-b795-42b7-9301-8baffe2de0f3; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS > 510c5f78-e19e-4ce4-b59a-8937aeb84631; BSIERP; Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program; Bering Sea; Climate change
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d64q7rzq; https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/245.B52-001

Biophysical measurements have been made at mooring Site 2 (56.88N, 164.03W) almost continuously since 1995, providing the longest near continuous time-series of biophysical variables on the Bering Sea shelf. A series of moorings have also been deployed at Site 4 (57.85N, 168.87W) since 1995, providing almost six years of more sporadic data. In addition, another series of moorings have been deployed at Site 5 (59.90N, 171.70W) from 2004 to present. Added to the biophysical data collected by the moorings, water property measurements have been made at locations around the moorings and along the 70-m transect since 1995. Such long-term observations provide critical data that allow characterizations of interannual variability, quantification of regime shifts and climate change. This project partially funds continued measurements at Site 2 with water samples and plankton samples around the mooring site and along the monitoring line.