Hydrography

*Vertical temperature structure

*Vertical salinity structure

*Sea surface temperature

*Mixed layer depth

*Thermocline depth

Sources ----------

*National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA

*Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set, NOAA & NCAR

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS -- observer data

*Marine Oceanographic Observations Data Set, FNOC

World Ocean Circulation Experiment, NSF

Commercial Fishing Fleet

*Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Vladivostok

*Japan, Korea, China

Currents

ADCP

Current meters

*Drifters

*Ship drift

National Data Buoy Center, NOAA

*Moorings

Sources ----------

National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA

National Data Buoy Center, NOAA

World Ocean Circulation Experiment, NSF

Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations, AFSC & PMEL/NOAA

Satellite

Infrared (thermal)

Ocean color

Altimeter

Visible

Synthetic aperture radar

Scatterometer

Sources ----------

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Coastal Observations

*Sea level

Salinity

Temperature

Sources ----------

National Ocean Survey, NOAA

Sea Ice

Satellite

Historical (native) information

Sources ----------

U.S. Navy/NOAA Sea Ice Center

Alaska Native Corp.

Atmosphere

Insolation

*surface winds

*500-mb winds

*850-mb temperatures

*surface air temperature

*dew point

*precipitation

*total opaque sky cover

*Pacific North American Index

*3-gridded sea level pressure

*Southern Oscillation Index

*ALPI

Sources ----------

National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA

*National Weather Service, NOAA

*Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center

U.S. Navy

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (model)

Primary and Secondary Production

nutrients

chlorophyll

primary production

new production

phytoplankton species

zooplankton biomass

Sources ----------

National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA

*Japan

Russia

Korea

China

Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations, AFSC & PMEL/NOAA

Poland

Processes and Resources of the Bering Sea Shelf, NSF

Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program, NOAA and Minerals Management Service

Fisheries

groundfish surveys

acoustic/trawl surveys

gillnet surveys

*fisheries observer/catch data

*salmon catch (Bristol Bay)

otolith data

*distribution-catch-survey growth (by area & time): length-at-age, weight-at-age, age/length parameters

*annual growth rates -- otoliths

fecundity

maturity

mortality--fishing/natural

predator/prey relationships

age composition: *recruitment, *length frequency

*Population/spawning biomass

Ichthyoplankton

Paleo-oceanography

Sources ----------

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Vladivostok

VINRO?

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/NMFS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

University of California Irvine

University of Alaska Fairbanks (& others)

*International Halibut Commission

Japan

Russia

Paleo-oceanographic Indices

population fluctuations (fish scales)

temperature fluctuations (stable isotopes)

Marine Bird and *Mammal Abundance

Harvest data: *cetaceans, *Northern Fur Seals, *Ice Seals--subsistence harvest

Abundance: *Northern Fur Seals, *other pinnipeds

Vital parameters (birth & death, weights, food habits, etc.): * Fur seal pelagic data set and island studies

Other data sets on ice seals & sea lions

Sources ----------

International Whaling Commission

Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA/MNFS

Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Vladivostok

VINRO?

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Natives

Japan

Canada

AFS

Alaskan Native Corporations

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