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biophysical mooring locations in the Bering Sea

Bathymetry of the eastern Bering Sea, with the location of the four biophysical moorings M2, M4, M5 and M8 indicated. (click for larger image)

  • M2 (56.9°N, 164.1°W) deployed 1995
  • M4 (57.9°N, 168.9°W) deployed 1996
  • M5 (59.9°N, 171.7°W) deployed 2004
  • M8 (62.2°N 174.7°W) deployed 2004

Moorings

Biophysical Moorings

This project continues the long-term partnership between NOAA and NPRB. Four moorings, which have been maintained on the 70-m isobath of the southeastern Bering Sea shelf at four sites, together with observations along the 70-m isobath, are core to the long-term observations on the Bering Sea shelf.

This project will continue time-series measurements of temperature, salinity, fluorescence, currents, zooplankton abundance, nitrate, and oxygen at four mooring sites on the Bering Sea shelf.

In addition, during the late spring and summer a surface mooring will be deployed to measure meteorological variables (air temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind velocity, and solar radiation) and report data in real time.

See also the Atmosphere + Ocean component
of BEST-BSIERP.