Bering Strait Oceanographic Data from Moored Buoys, 2011-2013

An archive of temperature, salinity, velocity, and bottom pressure data collected from eight moored buoys in the US waters of the Bering Strait. The data were collected from July 2011 to July 2013, with servicing in summer 2012, and were funded by the NSF Arctic Observing Network and NOAA RUSALCA program. Records are year-round, with sampling at hourly or higher frequencies.

Use Cases

• Modeling Arctic water transport and heat flux based on temperature, salinity, and velocity data.
• Analyzing seasonal and interannual variability in the Bering Strait based on year-round, hourly sampling.
• Studying ice tracking and ocean dynamics based on Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data.
• Calibrating regional climate models based on in-situ bottom pressure and oceanographic measurements.

Strengths

• Data collection spans two full years from 2011 to 2013, providing a continuous time series.
• Eight moorings were deployed, offering spatial coverage across the US waters of the Bering Strait.
• Records are year-round with hourly or higher frequency sampling, capturing fine temporal detail.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2013-07-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

NOAA_NCEI

Collection Method

Data collected from instruments on moored buoys deployed and serviced during research cruises.

Time Range

2011-07 14 to 2013-07-05

Freshness

Last updated 2013-07-05 00:00:00

Geography

Bering Strait, US waters