Project Information

Title: Long-Term Monitoring of the Alaska Coastal Current 040340

Project Year and Number: 2004: 040340

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2010: 10100340, 2007: 070340, 2003: 030340, 2002: 02340, 2001: 01340, 2000: 00340, 1999: 99340, 1998: 98340

Principal Investigator (PI): Tom Weingartner (University of Alaska Fairbanks )

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: None

Project Website: http://www.ims.uaf.edu/gak1/

Research Location: Gulf of Alaska Shelf offshore of Resurrection Bay

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: This proposal is for monitoring temperatures, salinities, and spring bloom characteristics of the Alaska Coastal Current (ACC) from a mooring and monthly sampling at station GAK 1 near Seward. The project builds upon the 33-year record at this station. These data can predict ACC (baroclinic) transport anomalies so this variable is obtained indirectly. The results will be examined with respect to variations in terrestrial runoff and atmospheric heat fluxes. We will provide daily maps of satellite scatterometer-derived winds, make these available to the public via a website, and archive them for future analyses. All variables affect biological production at higher trophic levels. The results have value for interpreting continuous plankton recorder data to be obtained from ferries under GEM sponsorship, evaluating performance of numerical ocean circulation models, and conducting retrospective analyses of biological productivity. Logistics costs are shared with the NSF-NOAA funded GLOBEC program.


Proposal: View (716 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY04: View (27 KB)
Annual Report FY05: View (36 KB)
Annual Report FY06: View (44 KB)
Final Report: See Project 10100340

Publications from this Project: None Available