Circulation dynamics: currents, waves, temperature measurements from moorings in lagoon sites along the Alaska Beaufort Sea coast, 2018-ongoing

• Main Authors: Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER, Kasper, Jeremy L
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
• Subjects: Stefansson; Stefansson Sound; Beaufort Sea; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/3475cdbb160a9f844aa5ede627c5f6fe; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-ble.7.2

Starting August 2018, five moorings deployed on the seafloor of multiple lagoons in the Beaufort Sea will record currents, waves, temperature, and pressure. Moorings are retrieved and re-deployed each August. This data is being collected to better understand the multi-seasonal circulation dynamics between the Beaufort Sea and coastal lagoons. Two moorings are deployed in Elson Lagoon, one in Stefansson Sound, one in Jago Lagoon, and one in Kaktovik Lagoon. Each mooring contains two data loggers: RBRduo3 T.D wave loggers and Lowell Instruments LLC TCM-1 tilt current meters. The RBR instruments measure temperature, pressure, and derived wave energy, average wave period, average wave height, maximum wave period, maximum wave height, 1/10 wave period, 1/10 wave height, significant wave period, significant wave height, tidal slope, depth, and sea pressure. The Lowell LLC TML-1 tilt current meters measure water velocity, heading, and temperature.