Arc West

Whale Ecology Study (ARCWEST)/Chukchi Acoustics, Oceanography, and Zooplankton Study-extension (CHAOZ-X) cruise took place on board the R/V Aquila.The ARCWEST study has five component projects: visual observation, satellite tagging, passive acoustics, lower trophic level sampling, and physical oceanographic sampling. The overall goal of this multi-year IA is to use passive acoustic recorder deployments, visual and passive acoustic surveys, and satellite tagging to explore the distribution and movements of baleen whales in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, particularly the Chukchi Sea planning areas. In addition, oceanographic and lower trophic level sampling and moorings will be used to explore the relationships between currents passing through the Bering Strait and resources delivered to the Barrow Arch area (an area of high bowhead whale and prey concentrations between Wainwright and Smith Bay), and the dynamic nature of those relationships relative to whale distribution and habitat utilization in the eastern Chukchi and extreme western Beaufort Seas.

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2024-08-13

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Distributor NOAA/NMFS/AFSC
Point of Contact Eric Wisegarver
NOAA/NMFS/AFSC
tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov
Originator Eric Wisegarver
NOAA/NMFS/AFSC
tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov
Scientist David Strausz, Rivera, Spear, Mike Canino, Langis, NMML
Dataset Point of Contact Tiffany C. Vance
Tiffany.C.Vance@noaa.gov
General Documentation
Associated Documentation BOEM/NPCREP
Date(s) creation: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
issued: 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z
Use Limitations There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Data will reside at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested.
Time Period 2014-09-27T00:03:00Z to 2014-09-27T02:02:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 72.8732° S: 69.2103° E: -153.28799° W: -168.89999°
Theme keywords NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention Standard Name Table v27
  • sea_water_pressure
  • sea_water_temperature
  • sea_water_electrical_conductivity
  • sea_water_practical_salinity
  • sea_water_sigma_theta
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • depth
  • time
Data Center keywords Uncategorized
  • Tiffany C. Vance
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • BOEM/NPCREP
Use Constraints There are no legal restrictions on access to the data. They reside in public domain and can be freely distributed. User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to use. Applications or inferences derived from the data should be carefully considered for accuracy. Data will reside at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Acknowledgement of NOAA/NMFS/AFSC, as the source from which these data were obtained in any publications and/or other representations of these, data is suggested.
Lineage Statement NetCDF generated by Axiom from excel file provided by Tiffany Vance, NOAA.
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