Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

This site is currently in beta, and your feedback is helping shape its ongoing development.

Return to search results

Ocean Currents (U, V, W) and temperature time-series measurements collected from two ADCP ocean moorings (5-month summer and 8-month winter) at long-term Mooring Site M2 on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf, Alaska, by the EcoFOCI group at NOAA, PMEL, 2018-05-02 to 2019-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0311368)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: February 28, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
M2 - These time-series sets consist of data from two Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) moorings at the long-term mooring site "M2" on the southeastern Bering Sea Shelf. The two moorings comprised: 1) a summer surface mooring deployed from NOAA ship Oscar Dyson in May, 2018 (cruise DY18-05, ID 18bsp-2a); and 2) a follow-on subsurface mooring deployed from Fishing Vessel F/V Aquila in October, 2018 (cruise AQ18-01, ID 18bs-2c). The summer deployment (18bsp-2a) was in the water from May to October, 2018 and was recovered via cruise AQ18-01; the over-winter platform (18bsp-2b) collected data from October, 2018 to April, 2019, and was recovered by NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson (cruise DY19-04). Water depth at this site is on average 70 meters. Data were collected using Teledyne RDI Workhorse Sentinel ADCP (WCP) (s/n 1950 and 3072). Data include U (east), V (north) and W (vertical) velocity components, Werr and temperature. The cruises were funded by NOAA, PMEL for the EcoFOCI program which included scientists from both NOAA and the University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES). Deployment and recovery operations on this cruise were managed by EcoFOCI personnel. Mooring time series data were processed at NOAA/PMEL/EcoFOCI using standard techniques. Time is recorded as UTC. Data were submitted as CF-compliant NetCDF files. Data contacts: Phyllis Stabeno, Shaun Bell, Ryan McCabe, Peggy Sullivan.

Resources

10 resources available

  • NCEI Dataset Landing Page

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • Descriptive Information

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • HTTPS

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • FTP

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/fieldops18.shtml

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/Cruise%20Report%20AQ2018-01.docx

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2019/CruiseReportLinks/DY19-04CruiseReport_FieldOps_Paquin.docx

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • GCMD Keyword Forum Page

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

  • NCEI Contact Information

    PLACEHOLDER/VALUE
    Download

Find Related Datasets

Click any tag below to search for similar datasets

0311368 CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) WATER TEMPERATURE ADCP CTD - moored CTD in situ physical Aquila moored buoys NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Ecosystems & Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI) Bering Sea oceanography DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE current meter - vertical velocity (W) current meter - vertical velocity error (Werr) ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Teledyne-RDI Workhorse Sentinel 300khz ADCP (WCP) BUOYS Ships AQUILA (call sign: WCS6941, ICES code: 33Z6, 2004-) OSCAR DYSON (call sign: WTEP, ICES code: 33OA, 2005-) Mooring Station M2 OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA Bearing Sea eastern shelf 60337G

Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel non-public
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:ncei.info@noaa.gov"
}
describedByType application/octet-steam
description M2 - These time-series sets consist of data from two Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) moorings at the long-term mooring site "M2" on the southeastern Bering Sea Shelf. The two moorings comprised: 1) a summer surface mooring deployed from NOAA ship Oscar Dyson in May, 2018 (cruise DY18-05, ID 18bsp-2a); and 2) a follow-on subsurface mooring deployed from Fishing Vessel F/V Aquila in October, 2018 (cruise AQ18-01, ID 18bs-2c). The summer deployment (18bsp-2a) was in the water from May to October, 2018 and was recovered via cruise AQ18-01; the over-winter platform (18bsp-2b) collected data from October, 2018 to April, 2019, and was recovered by NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson (cruise DY19-04). Water depth at this site is on average 70 meters. Data were collected using Teledyne RDI Workhorse Sentinel ADCP (WCP) (s/n 1950 and 3072). Data include U (east), V (north) and W (vertical) velocity components, Werr and temperature. The cruises were funded by NOAA, PMEL for the EcoFOCI program which included scientists from both NOAA and the University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES). Deployment and recovery operations on this cruise were managed by EcoFOCI personnel. Mooring time series data were processed at NOAA/PMEL/EcoFOCI using standard techniques. Time is recorded as UTC. Data were submitted as CF-compliant NetCDF files. Data contacts: Phyllis Stabeno, Shaun Bell, Ryan McCabe, Peggy Sullivan.
distribution 
                                            [
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Dataset Landing Page",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "downloadURL": "https://doi.org/10.25921/2mxw-fk36",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Descriptive Information",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/311368",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "HTTPS",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/311368",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "FTP",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP).",
    "downloadURL": "ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0242/0311368/",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/fieldops18.shtml",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "User guide",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/fieldops18.shtml",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/Cruise%20Report%20AQ2018-01.docx",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "User guide",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/Cruise%20Report%20AQ2018-01.docx",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2019/CruiseReportLinks/DY19-04CruiseReport_FieldOps_Paquin.docx",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "User guide",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2019/CruiseReportLinks/DY19-04CruiseReport_FieldOps_Paquin.docx",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "User guide",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "GCMD Keyword Forum Page",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords",
    "downloadURL": "https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NCEI Contact Information",
    "mediaType": "placeholder/value",
    "description": "Information for contacts at NCEI.",
    "downloadURL": "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-steam"
  }
]
identifier gov.noaa.nodc:0311368
issued 2026-01-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "0311368",
  "CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U)",
  "CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V)",
  "WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "ADCP",
  "CTD - moored CTD",
  "in situ",
  "physical",
  "Aquila",
  "moored buoys",
  "NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson",
  "NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory",
  "NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory",
  "Ecosystems &  Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI)",
  "Bering Sea",
  "oceanography",
  "DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "University of Washington, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES)",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS",
  "EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE",
  "current meter - vertical velocity (W)",
  "current meter - vertical velocity error (Werr)",
  "ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler",
  "CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth",
  "Teledyne-RDI Workhorse Sentinel 300khz ADCP (WCP)",
  "BUOYS",
  "Ships",
  "AQUILA (call sign: WCS6941, ICES code: 33Z6, 2004-)",
  "OSCAR DYSON (call sign: WTEP, ICES code: 33OA, 2005-)",
  "Mooring Station M2",
  "OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA",
  "Bearing Sea eastern shelf",
  "60337G"
]
landingPage https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2026-02-25T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
references 
                                            [
  "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/fieldops18.shtml",
  "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2018/Cruise%20Report%20AQ2018-01.docx",
  "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/foci/operations/2019/CruiseReportLinks/DY19-04CruiseReport_FieldOps_Paquin.docx",
  "https://www.ecofoci.noaa.gov/"
]
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -164.05,56.84,-164.07,56.87
temporal 2018-05-02T00:00:00+00:00/2019-04-24T00:00:00+00:00
title Ocean Currents (U, V, W) and temperature time-series measurements collected from two ADCP ocean moorings (5-month summer and 8-month winter) at long-term Mooring Site M2 on the southeastern Bering Sea shelf, Alaska, by the EcoFOCI group at NOAA, PMEL, 2018-05-02 to 2019-04-24 (NCEI Accession 0311368)

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov