FY 1991

Circulation variability in the Gulf of Alaska

Ingraham, Jr., W.J., R.K. Reed, J.D. Schumacher, and S.A. Macklin

Eos Trans. AGU, 72, doi: 10.1029/EO072i024p00257-01, 257–264 (1991)

We have recently found a connection between the effects of large- scale atmospheric forcing over the Gulf of Alaska and deep-water properties (temperature and salinity) below the southern sill depth (~200 m) in Shelikof Strait, through studies under the Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI) program. Started in 1984 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, most FOCI research has been conducted in Shelikof Strait, Alaska, a large estuarine-like system located between Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula, where vast numbers of walleye pollock spawn each spring.