Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Co PIs: Patrick Heimbach, An Nguyen), with links also to Oregon State University (lead PI: Laurie Juranek and Burke Hales) |
| 2015 Bering Strait Mooring Cruise | PRIOR BERING STRAIT PLANS AND EXPEDITIONS | BERING STRAIT LINKS |
|---|---|---|
| 2015
Norseman II Cruise Overview ** 2015 Cruise BLOG** 2015 Cruise Map 2015 Cruise Report |
2015 Norseman II Mooring Cruise Report - July 2014 Norseman II Mooring Cruise Report - June/July 2013 Norseman II Mooring Cruise Report - July Prior Bering Strait work |
Bering
Strait
Basics - why is it important Bering Strait Oceanography (Data, cruises & more) |
| BERING
STRAIT 2015 MOORING CRUISE OVERVIEW |
BERING STRAIT 2015 CRUISE MAP |
As
part of a Bering Strait project funded by
NSF-AON (Arctic Observing Network), in
June/July 2015 a team of US scientists
undertook a ~ 8 day cruise in the Bering
Strait and southern Chukchi Sea region on the
US vessel Norseman II, operated by Norseman
Maritime Charters.
The primary goals of the expedition were: 1) recovery of 3 moorings carrying physical oceanographic (Woodgate), bio-optical (Whitledge) and marine mammal acoustic (Stafford) instrumentation. These moorings were deployed in the Bering Strait region in 2014 from the Norseman II. 2) deployment of 3 moorings in the Bering Strait region, carrying physical oceanographic (Woodgate), marine mammal acoustic (Stafford) and ocean acidification (Juranek/Hales) instrumentation. 3) accompanying CTD sections (without water sampling). 4) collection of accompanying ship s underway data (surface water properties, ADCP, meteorological data). Despite extensive fog, all moorings were safely recovered and redeployed, and a total of 258 CTD casts (on 15 lines) were taken. For full details, and preliminary results, see 2015
Bering Strait Mooring Cruise Report.
Figure: Ship-track,
blue. Mooring sites, black. CTD
stations, red. Green arrows indicate
direction of travel. Depth contours
every 10m from the International Bathymetric
Chart of the Arctic Ocean (IBCAO) [Jakobsson
et al., 2000]. Lower panels give detail
of strait region at the start (left) and end
(right) of the cruise. See cruise report
for daily detail.
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Bering Strait 2015 Mooring Cruise Report |
For use of any of these figures, please contact Rebecca Woodgate (woodgate@apl.washington.edu)