SNACS: Environmental Variability, Bowhead Whale Distributions, and Inupiat Subsistence Whaling - oceanographic data
Summary
This data set contains underway temperature, conductivity, depth, and pigment measurements conducted during the Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System (SNACS) cruise, August - September 2005 in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, off the coast of Barrow, Alaska. Each data set includes latitude/longitude position, decimal day, pressure (m), temperature (deg. C), conductivity (Siemens/m), salinity (psu), sigma-t, Beta660 values for backscatter, chlorophyll fluorescence (Engineering Units 1), and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) fluorescence (Engineering Units 2).
Data access
- download: NSF Arctic Data Center
Additional information
Temporal coverage
Begin datetime | 2005-09-07 14:40:00 |
End datetime | 2005-09-07 22:53:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
72.00,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
71.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-155.00,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-153.00
Primary point of contact information
Carin J. Ashjian <cashjian@whoi.edu>
Additional contact information
- author: Carin J. Ashjian <cashjian@whoi.edu>
- author: Robert G. Campbell <campbell@gso.uri.edu>
- originator: Carin J. Ashjian <cashjian@whoi.edu>
- principalInvestigator: Carin J. Ashjian <cashjian@whoi.edu>
Citation
Ashjian, C., Campbell, R. 2009. SNACS: Environmental Variability, Bowhead Whale Distributions, and Inupiat Subsistence Whaling - oceanographic data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6W9579X. Accessed 07 Feb 2025.
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