TITLE: BEST KNORR 195-10 Cruise - Summer 2009 CHIEF SCIENTIST: Raymond Sambrotto, Ph.D. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University 61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964i-8000 (845) 365-8402 sambrott@ldeo.columbia.edu 1.0 DATA SET OVERVIEW The Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) is an NSF sponsored program that will give researchers an opportunity to gain improved understanding of the linkages between variations in Bering Sea ice cover and the biology of the waters and benthos beneath. This project will require extensive measurements and analysis of water properties and chemistry, ice cover properties and biomass and related processes. A collaborating project, BSIERP (Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program), sponsored by the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), will collect data in the same region at the same time in an effort to improve understanding and prediction of ecosystem changes related to anthropogenic and natural causes. Together, these complimentary programs will provide an unprecedented amount of data that will be important in understanding the science and impacts of climate change in the Bering Sea region. 2.0 INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION See the web page at http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8557 for a description of the instrumentation onboard the Knorr ship. 3.0 DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING The data were collected onboard the Knorr ship during the BEST Summer 2009 cruise from June 14th through July 13th, 2009. 4.0 DATA FORMAT The data are in various formats. More information on the data formats can be obtained from the various vendor web sites referenced in the following web page: http://sssg1.whoi.edu/sssg -> additional info -> marine vendor links More information about the ADCP data can be obtained from http://currents.soest.hawaii.edu 5.0 DATA REMARKS The data were collected by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) onboard the Knorr ship. For more information on the data, please contact Scott McCue at WHOI - smccue@whoi.edu. 6.0 REFERENCES Knorr Instrumentation: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8557 Vendor Web Sites: http://sssg1.whoi.edu/sssg -> additional info -> marine vendor links ADCP instrument information: http://currents.soest.hawaii.edu