gov.noaa.nodc:0164964 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-07-10T19:34:12Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Eastward and northward components of ocean current, temperature, salinity and ice analysis collected from industry sponsored moorings in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska from 2008-09-08 to 2016-10-13 (NCEI Accession 0164964) 2017-08-16 publication 2017-08-15 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0164964 NCEI Archive Management System 0164964 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Elizabeth Dobbins University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) eldobbins@alaska.edu https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information resourceProvider University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) https://www.uaf.edu/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Thomas Weingartner University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Todd Mudge ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. collaborator Mudge, Todd ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. author Weingartner, Thomas University of Alaska - Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science (UAK/IMS) https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information author Dobbins, Elizabeth University of Alaska - Fairbanks; Institute of Marine Science (UAK/IMS) https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information author Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. author ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. http://www.conocophillips.com/Pages/default.aspx HTTP ConocoPhillips website Institution web page information author Statoil http://www.statoil.com/en/About/Worldwide/NorthAmerica/USA/Alaska/Pages/default.aspx HTTP Statoil website Institution web page information author Olgoonik Fairweather LLC author Elizabeth Dobbins University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) eldobbins@alaska.edu https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information pointOfContact University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/research/institute-of-marine-scien/ HTTPS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science (IMS/UAF) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital Thirteen moorings sites throughout the northeastern Chukchi Sea shelf were occupied in various combinations for eight field years, 2008-2016. Two separate taut line moorings were deployed at most sites. The primary mooring employed at all sites deployed a Teledyne RDI Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) to measure water and sea ice velocities. Except at the locations over Hanna Shoals, 2011-2012, a second mooring deployed an Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS) instrument, manufactured by ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. (ASL), to measure ice keel depths and wave diagnostics, and a Sea Bird Electronics 37-SM CT sensor to measure water temperature and conductivity (and thus derive salinity). Moorings were deployed during the ice-free season, then recovered and redeployed in subsequent years. Data at the Crackerjack mooring location was collected until 2016 because though recovery was intended for 2015, weather delayed it until the next year. Data collection was conducted by Olgoonik Fairweather LLC (Fairweather) of Anchorage, Alaska, and ASL, Victoria, B.C., Canada. Fairweather provided logistical support to ASL field personnel during oceanographic mooring recovery and redeployment, and ASL was contracted to collect and analyze data. UAF processing was limited to assembling the data into this data submission. NCEI received the data in text and MS Excel formats. The latter have been exported to CSV text. This is a synthesis of multiple data sets collected from 2008 to 2015 in support of offshore production systems for the Chukchi Sea exploration lease areas by Shell International Exploration and Production Inc. (Shell), ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. (CPAI or COP), and Statoil. Data were provided to Dr. Tom Weingartner to be incorporated into an overall analysis of Chukchi Sea currents funded by the US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) through Cooperative Agreement #M12AC00008 ("Characterization of the Circulation on the Continental Self Areas of the Northern Chukchi and Western Beaufort Seas"). Funding Agency: Shell Funding Agency: ConocoPhillips Funding Agency: Statoil Funding Agency: US DOI; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0164964 Preview graphic PNG 0164964 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2017-08-10 publication CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE ICE - MOVEMENT - DIRECTION ICE - MOVEMENT - SPEED Ice Depth/Thickness SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER WATER LEVEL WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE PERIOD theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP CTD - moored CTD instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ physical theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS BLUE FIN CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier moorings Norseman II Westward Wind platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Science dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS University of Alaska Fairbanks dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea Chukchi Sea - NW Coast of Alaska place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication UAK-F/SFOS/IMS > Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian BLUE FIN (ICES code: 31BF) NORSEMAN II (call sign: WDD6688, ICES code: 32QO, 2007-) SIR WILFRID LAURIER (call sign: CGJK, ICES code: 18LU, 1986-) WESTWARD WIND (call sign: WCX9055, ICES code: 32OO) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0164964 v1.1 was published. 2017-08-16T17:32:18Z NCEI Accession 0164964 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0164964/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0164964 v1.1 published 2017-08-16T17:32:18Z download dataset Data Type: CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: mS/cm; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD Data Type: SALINITY - BOTTOM WATER (measured); Units: psu; Observation Type: other; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Salinity was calculated from measured conductivity and temperature, with a constant pressure value based on the CT sensor's depth Data Type: TEMPERATURE - BOTTOM WATER [WATER TEMPERATURE] (measured); Units: degrees Celsius; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD Data Type: CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ADCP current data is presented at 3 depths - bottom, mid-depth, and surface. The surface measurement was produced using a process that accounts for contamination by surface reflections and ice drafts. This procedure is detailed in ASL's reports Data Type: CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ADCP current data is presented at 3 depths - bottom, mid-depth, and surface. The surface measurement was produced using a process that accounts for contamination by surface reflections and ice drafts. This procedure is detailed in ASL's reports Data Type: PRESSURE - WATER [HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE] (measured); Units: dbar; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS) Data Type: ICE - MOVEMENT - DIRECTION (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP Data Type: ICE - MOVEMENT - SPEED (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP Data Type: Ice Depth/Thickness (measured); Units: m; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS); Sampling and Analyzing Method: The IPS instrument is an upward-looking ice profiling sonar, which provides the ice draft data required for characterizing the winter oceanic environment. Originally, this instrument was designed by the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Victoria, BC, Canada, and has been further developed and subsequently manufactured by ASL. The ice keel depth is determined from the return travel time of an acoustic pulse (420 kHz; 1.8° beam at -3 dB) reflected off the underside of the sea ice. The return time is converted to an acoustic range value using the speed of sound in seawater Data Type: WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT (measured); Units: m; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS) Data Type: WAVE PERIOD (measured); Units: s; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS) Data Type: WATER LEVEL (measured); Units: m; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Ice Profiling Sonar (IPS) asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD BLUE FIN BLUE FIN CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier Title: Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Flag: Canada Vessel Type: Buoy Tender IMO: 8320456 DOB: Nov 1986 moorings entry created as MOORINGS OF UNITED STATES, but has been used as a generic MOORINGS entry. Norseman II Updated information from ICES for the vessel NORSEMAN II from UNITED STATES. Name : NORSEMAN II Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WDD6688 Platform Class : 31 Research vessel IMO : 7908122 Commissioned Date : 2007 Current Length : 35 Built : 1978 Notes : MMSI 367176270. Additional Information Sources: - http://www.norsemanmaritime.com/our-ships.html - http://www.norsemanmaritime.com/uploads/2/8/7/4/28748569/norseman_ii_spec_sheet_new_112013.pdf - http://www.marinetraffic.com/pt/ais/details/ships/367176270/vessel:NORSEMAN_II - http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=601068 Submitted to ICES 2014-10-01. Confirmed by NOAA on 2015-02-03. Westward Wind Updated information from ICES for the vessel WESTWARD WIND from UNITED STATES. Name : WESTWARD WIND Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : WCX9055 Platform Class : 31 Research vessel IMO : 7743467 Current Length : 47.5 Built : 1978 Notes : MMSI 367000620. Converted crab catcher processor participating in The Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program. Additional Information Sources: - https://www.chukchiscience.com/teams/vessels/westward-wind - http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2054079 Confirmed by NOAA on 2015-07-14. Submitted to ICES 2014-11-04.