gov.noaa.nodc:0253624 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 2025-05-16T15:50:35Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Water temperature, salinity, velocity, including ADCP ice tracking, collected from Bering Strait Moorings A2, A3, A4 in Bering Strait from 2019-09-07 to 2021-07-09 (NCEI Accession 0253624) 2022-06-04 publication 2022-05-31 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0253624 NCEI Archive Management System 0253624 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 Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) woodgate@apl.washington.edu http://www.apl.washington.edu/ HTTP University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider University of Washington (UW) resourceProvider Rebecca Woodgate University of Washington (UW) woodgate@uw.edu principalInvestigator Woodgate, Rebecca University of Washington author University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) http://www.apl.washington.edu/ HTTP University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This is an archive of data from moorings deployed in Bering Strait from summer 2019 and summer 2020 to summer 2021. Mooring deployments were funded by the NSF-Arctic Observing Network award PLR-1758565 (PIs: Woodgate and Peralta-Ferriz). The mooring work required 3 dedicated cruises: - in 2019 (5th - 15th September), a ~ 11 day cruise on the US vessel Norseman2 deployed the 2019 moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise, and those data are archived separately. - in 2020 (1st - 18th September), a ~ 19 day cruise on the US vessel Norseman2 deployed the 2020 moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise, and those data are archived separately. - in 2021 (7th - 17th July), a ~ 11 day cruise on the US vessel Norseman2 recovered all the moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise, and those data are archived separately. In both 2019 and 2020, a total of three moorings were deployed (each year): - 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. Although the 2019 moorings would normally have been recovered in 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic prevented this. Instead, the 2020 cruise only deployed a further 3 new moorings (each ~ 400m west of their usual positions). All 6 moorings were recovered in 2021. 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 Alaskan Coastal Current. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Funding credit: National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic Observing Network grant PLR-1758565 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:0253624 Preview graphic PNG 0253624 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2022-05-26 publication CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) ICE SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP CTD - moored CTD instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS derived products in situ physical theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS moorings Norseman II platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS University of Washington dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Arctic Observing Network (AON) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Bering Sea Chukchi Sea place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication UWA/APL > Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington 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 EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Physical oceanographic mooring data (temperature, salinity, velocity including ADCP ice tracking) theme Provider Keywords ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian SBE16, SBE37, 300kHz RDI Workhorse ADCP instrument Provider Instruments MOORINGS Ships platform Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform 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. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NORSEMAN II (call sign: WDD6688, ICES code: 32QO, 2007-) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes Bering Strait Moorings A2, A3, A4 platform Provider Platform Names OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING 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. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Bering Strait place Provider Place Names CEP1FL Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Woodgate, Rebecca (2022). Water temperature, salinity, velocity, including ADCP ice tracking, collected from Bering Strait Moorings A2, A3, A4 in Bering Strait from 2019-09-07 to 2021-07-09 (NCEI Accession 0253624). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0253624. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. Woodgate, R., Stafford, K., & Prahl, F. (2015). A Synthesis of Year-Round Interdisciplinary Mooring Measurements in the Bering Strait (1990–2014) and the RUSALCA Years (2004–2011). Oceanography, 28(3), 46–67. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.57 2015-09-01 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.57 https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.57 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.57 Related journal article information Woodgate, Rebecca author Stafford, Kathleen author Prahl, Fredrick author The Oceanography Society publisher documentDigital Oceanog 28(3) ISSN 1042-8275, pp. 46-67 crossReference sciencePaper Woodgate, R. A. (2018). Increases in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic from 1990 to 2015, and insights into seasonal trends and driving mechanisms from year-round Bering Strait mooring data. Progress in Oceanography, 160, 124–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007 2018-01 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007 Related journal article information Woodgate, Rebecca A. author Elsevier BV publisher documentDigital Progress in Oceanography 160 ISSN 0079-6611, pp. 124-154 crossReference sciencePaper Bering Strait web site 2022 publication http://psc.apl.washington.edu/BeringStrait.html HTTP http://psc.apl.washington.edu/BeringStrait.html User guide information crossReference userGuide eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -168.951 -168.263 65.746 66.327 2019-09-07 2021-07-09 For an overview of previous and on-going Bering Strait mooring work, please see http://psc.apl.washington.edu/BeringStrait.html. Moorings carry a variety of instruments, listed in the table below. All records are year-round, sampling hourly or more frequently (Time Int. in table below). Data from instruments marked with * are not included in this archive. For access to these data, please contact the named PI in list below table. 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ID Deployed Latitude Longitude Instrument S/N Time Inst. Water in Year (N) (W) Int. Depth Depth -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A2-19 2019 65 46.86 168 34.07 ISCAT 20936 NR 16m 56m ISCAT-Logger 22 30min ... 56m 300kHz-ADCP 12845 30min 46m 56m SBE16 2341 60min 50m 56m A3-19 2019 66 19.60 168 57.05 Upper ISCAT 14906 NR 8m 57m recovered by dragging Lower ISCAT 20129 NR 16m 57m ISCAT-Logger 24 30min ... 57m 300kHz-ADCP 9397 30min 43m 57m SBE16 1698 60min 44m 57m AURAL M2* 268LF - 49m 57m A4-19 2019 65 44.75 168 15.77 ISCAT 20935 5min 16m 48m ISCAT-Logger 21 30min ... 48m 300kHz-ADCP 13756 30min 37m 48m SBE16 1700 60min 41m 48m A2-20 2020 65 46.86 168 34.60 300kHz-ADCP 10926 30min 46m 56m SBE16 1226 60min 50m 56m A3-20 2020 66 19.60 168 57.60 300kHz-ADCP 13758 30min 44m 59m SBE16 1225 60min 44m 59m AURAL M2* 280LF - 49m 59m A4-20 2020 65 44.75 168 16.31 300kHz-ADCP 2234 30min 37m 50m SBE16 0004 60min 41m 50m -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Depths are estimated from mooring design and pressure sensors where available, and are good to 1-2m. NR=instrument not recovered ND=No data Instruments with data included here: ISCAT - SBE37IM in ice resistant float, telemetering data inductively to a Logger below (system developed at APL-UW) 300KHz-ADCP - 300kHz RDI/Teledyne Workhorse Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler SBE37 Microcat - Seabird SBE 37 Temperature Salinity Pressure recorder SBE16woptic - Seabird SBE16plus with optical data (including some or all of fluorescence, turbidity, transmissivity and PAR) - see headers SBE26p-BPG - Seabird SBE26plus Bottom Pressure Gauge RCM9Turb - Aanderaa RCM9 acoustic current meter with turbidity sensor RCM9LW - Aanderaa Lightweight RCM9 acoustic current meter Instruments with data not included here: AARI-CM&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 APL Marine Rec* - APL Marine Recorder, PI: Kate Stafford, UW. Each data file contains the data from one instrument-year - the listed year in the mooring name is the year in which the mooring was deployed. For RCMs and SBEs, calibrated data are recorded in one file per instrument per year, with naming convention: BeringStrait_yyyy_ID_III_#####.ttt yyyy=Deployment year; ID=mooring ID; III=instrument type; #####=serial number; ttt=indicates calibration, with .pre=pre-deployment calibration used, .ppp=pre and post deployment calibrations merged. The SBE-16 and 37 hexidecimal files (unaltered from the download) are also included, indicated by extension .hex or .asc For the ADCPs, there are multiple files per instrument. BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####ADCPraw.000 = Binary download from the ADCP (see notes below for multiple .000 files) BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####_ADCPdeploytests.txt = pre deployment tests BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####_ADCPrecoverytest.txt = post deployment tests The remainder are ASCII conversions of the data, corrected for clock drift and magnetic declination. BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####.btm = ASCII bottom track data (including ice range and velocity) BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####.ins = ASCII instrument data (e.g. heading, pitch, roll, temperature) BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####_bin01.rdat = ASCII water velocity data in Bin 1 BeringStrait_yyyy__ID_#####.bin02.rdat = ASCII water velocity data in Bin 2 etc. (Bin depths are given in the data files) Header information is included in each data file. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For details of the measurements and their interpretation, please see: Woodgate, R.A., K.M.Stafford and F.G.Prahl (2015) A synthesis of year-round interdisciplinary mooring measurements in the Bering Strait (1990-2014) and the RUSALCA years (2004-2011), Oceanography 28(3):46-67, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.57 and Woodgate, R.A., 2018, Increases in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic from 1990 to 2015, and insights into seasonal trends and driving mechanisms from year-round Bering Strait mooring data, Progress in Oceanography, 160, 124-154, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007. 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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 0253624 v1.1 was published. 2022-06-04T06:28:40Z NCEI Accession 0253624 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0253624/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0253624 v1.1 published 2022-06-04T06:28:40Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: Physical oceanographic mooring data (temperature, salinity, velocity including ADCP ice tracking) (measured); Units: SI units, given in headers (insitu degC, psu, cm/s, m-ranges, db); Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: SBE16, SBE37, 300kHz RDI Workhorse ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Method: See readme file; Data Quality Method: DQ info: See readme file 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 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.