Bering Strait Mooring Data 2015-2016

This is an archive of data from moorings deployed in Bering Strait from
summer 2015 to summer 2016.
Mooring deployments were funded by the NSF-Arctic Observing Network
award PLR-1304052 (PI: Woodgate, Heimbach and Nguyen).
The mooring work required 2 dedicated cruises:
- in 2015 (1st - 9th July), a ~ 9 day cruise on the US vessel
Norseman2 deployed the moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise,
and those data are archived separately.
- in 2016 (7th - 15th July), a ~ 9 day cruise on the US vessel
Norseman2 deployed the moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise,
and those data are archived separately.
For 2015 to 2016, a total of three moorings were deployed:
- two moorings (A2 and A4) in the US channel of the strait,
- one mooring (A3) at a site just north of the strait.
In what follows, mooring names include a two digit suffix to represent
year of deployment.
Sites A2, and A3 were established in 1990. A2 and A3 have been occupied
almost continuously (all years except 96-97) since then. Site A4
was established in 2001.
Mooring location A2 is in the middle of the eastern (Alaskan side) channel.
Mooring location A3 is just north of the strait, immediately east of the
Russian-US EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) line.
Experience has shown that site A3 samples both eastern and western
channel water. Mooring location A4 is close to the Alaskan coast and allows
measurement of the Alaska Coastal Current.
For an overview of previous and on-going Bering Strait mooring work,
please see http://psc.apl.washington.edu/BeringStrait.html.
Data from instruments listed below are not included in this archive.
For access to these data, please contact the named PI in list below table.
Instruments with data not included here:AARI-CME&CTD - Current meter and CTD from AARI (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia), PI: Igor Lavrenov, AARI.ISUS - ISUS Nitrate sensor, PI: Terry Whitledge, UAF.AURAL M2* - Aural Marine Mammal Acoustic Recorder, PI: Kate Stafford, UW.
Data is permanently archived at NODC/NCEI, with a copy also held at our website psc.apl.washington.edu/BeringStrait.html