Award Abstract #0528632
Comparison of Water Properties and Flows in the U.S. and Russian Channels of the Bering Strait - 2005 to 2006

NSF Org:	ARC Arctic Sciences Division
Initial Amendment Date:	May 10, 2005
Latest Amendment Date:	March 14, 2007
Award Number:	0528632
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Martin Jeffries ARC Arctic Sciences Division OPP Office of Polar Programs
Start Date:	May 15, 2005
Expires:	October 31, 2007 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$99596
Investigator(s):	Rebecca Woodgate woodgate@apl.washington.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of Washington 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE SEATTLE, WA 98195 206/543-4043
NSF Program(s):	ARCTIC RESRCH SUPPRT & LOGISTI
Field Application(s):	0311000 Polar Programs-Related
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 9237, 1079, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	5205

ABSTRACT

This project will continue the collection of a key dataset for understanding and modeling the Arctic Ocean. There have been continuous measurements of the through flow of the Bering Strait since 1990 but only at three sites in the center and on US side of the Strait. Data have been used to model the behavior of the whole channel with the central mooring acting as a surrogate for the variability of the Russian side component. However, there is a new agreement between NOAA and Russian counterparts to measure the through flow on the Russia side of the Bering Strait and make those data available. Therefore this year offers a unique opportunity to finally calibrate the model with data from the Russia side of the Strait while concurrently measuring with the long term array.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

Woodgate, R. A., K. Aagaard, and T. J. Weingartner. "Interannual changes in the Bering Strait fluxes of volume, heat and freshwater between 1991 and 2004," Geophys. Res. Lett., v.33, 2006, p. L15609.

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