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Title: Temperature, salinity, velocity including ADCP ice tracking, and bottom pressure collected from Bering Strait Moorings A1W, A1, A1E, A2W, A2, A4W, A4, A3 in Bering Strait from 2009-08-26 to 2010-08-03 (NODC Accession 0138582)
Abstract: This is an archive of data from moorings deployed in Bering Strait from summer 2009 to summer 2010.

Mooring deployments were funded by the NOAA RUSALCA (Russian-US Long Term Census of the Arctic) program.

The mooring work required 2 dedicated cruises:
- in 2009 (23rd Aug - 2nd Sept), a ~ 10 day cruise on the Russian vessel Khromov deployed the moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise, and these data are archived separately. (Note that this cruise also recovered similar moorings, under NSF-IPY funding.)
- in 2010 (31st July - 11th Aug), a ~ 11 day cruise on the Russian vessel Khromov recovered the moorings. Some CTD sections were run on this cruise, and these data are archived separately. (Note that this cruise also deployed similar moorings, under NSF-AON funding.)

For 2009 to 2010, a total of eight moorings were deployed:
- three moorings (A1W, A1, A1E, also called A12, A11 and A13) in the Russian channel of the Strait
- four moorings (A2W, A2, A4W, 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 A1, A2, and A3 were established in 1990. A2 and A3 have been occupied almost continuously (all years except 96-97) since then. A1 was occupied for a few years from 1990,(90-91, 92-94) and then again since 2004. Site A4 was established in 2001. Sites A1E and A1W were established in 2005, and also carry Russian instrumentation not included in this archive (although documented in the cruise reports and here). Sites A2W and A4W were established in 2007.

Mooring location A1 (also called A1-1) is in the middle of the western
(Russian side) channel. Mooring location A1W (also called A1-2) is
between A1 and the Russian coast. Mooring location A1E (also called
A1-3) is between A1 and the Diomede Islands, which divide the strait.
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.

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.

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ID Deployed Latitude Longitude Instrument S/N Time Inst. Water
in Year (N) (W) Int. Depth Depth
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A1W-09 2009 65 55.99 169 37.00 ISUS* 088 - 33m 51m
(A1-2) SBE16+ 4639 60min 33m 51m
RCM9 636 60min 38m 51m

A1-09 2009 65 54.00 169 25.98 ISCAT 7110 5min 16m 51m
ISCAT-Logger 5 30min ... 51m
600kHz-ADCP 11698 30&60min 44m 51m
SBE37 Microcat 5361 15min 44m 51m

A1E-09 2009 65 52.00 169 16.99 AARI-CM&CTD* 50 - 31m 51m
(A1-3) RCM9Turb 1173 60min 33m 51m
SBE37 Microcat 4835 15min 35m 51m

A3-09 2009 66 19.60 168 57.93 ISCAT 7111 5min 16m 56m
ISCAT-Logger 2 30min ... 56m
300kHz-ADCP 1075 30min 46m 56m
SBE37 Microcat 4836 15min 46m 56m
WhaleRecorder* 128 48m 56m

A2W-09 2009 65 48.06 168 47.96 ISCAT 5468 5min 18m 52m
ISCAT-Logger 4 30min ... 52m
300kHz-ADCP 9396 30min 43m 52m
SBE16 0005 60min 47m 52m
WhaleRecorder* 129 48m 56m
SBE26p-BPG 1135 30min 50m 52m

A2-09 2009 65 46.87 168 34.04 ISCAT 7112 5min 17m 57m
ISCAT-Logger 1 30min ... 57m
300kHz-ADCP 12845 30min 45m 57m
SBE16+ 4154 60min 48m 57m
ISUS* 098 - 48m 57m

A4W-09 2009 65 45.42 168 21.94 ISCAT 7113 NR 17m 54m
ISCAT-Logger 3 30min ... 54m
300kHz-ADCP 2332 30min 42m 54m
SBE16 0007 60min 45m 54m

A4-09 2009 65 44.76 168 15.75 ISCAT 7114 NR 15m 49m
ISCAT-Logger 6 30min ... 49m
300kHz-ADCP 9397 30min 39m 49m
SBE16 1698 60min 42m 49m
SBE26p-BPG 1134 30min 47m 49m
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Depths are estimated from mooring design and pressure sensors where available, and are good to 1-2m.
Date received: 20151124
Start date: 20090826
End date: 20100803
Seanames:
West boundary: -169.617
East boundary: -168.262
North boundary: 66.327
South boundary: 65.746
Observation types:
Instrument types:
Datatypes:
Submitter: Woodgate, Dr. Rebecca A.
Submitting institution: University of Washington
Collecting institutions:
Contributing projects:
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Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Submission Package ID: 5HD6HY
Availability date:
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2015-12-02 17:35:30+00
Editdate: 2015-12-09 16:43:19+00