Project Information

Title: Exchange Between PWS and the GOA 02552-BAA

Project Year and Number: 2002: 02552-BAA

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2001: 01552-BAA, 2000: 00552-BAA

Principal Investigator (PI): Shari Vaughan (Prince William Sound Science Center)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Shelton Gay

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: One of the least understood physical processes that influence the biological components of Prince William Sound is the exchange between the northern Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound. This project will document the interannual variability in water mass exchange between the sound and the adjacent northern Gulf of Alaska at Hinchinbrook Entrance, and identify mechanisms governing this exchange. The project will deploy an upward looking ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) mooring in Hinchinbrook Entrance to create time series of velocities spanning three years. The mooring will be equipped with a CTD (conductivity temperature versus depth) to create a time series of deep temperature and salinity. To identify the dominant factors that govern Prince William Sound/Gulf of Alaska exchange, the mooring velocity and deep temperature/salinity time series will be combined with meteorological and physical data collected under other research programs already in progress.


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Publications from this Project: None Available