The Barrow Strait Real Time Observatory

• DOI: 10.1145/3148675.3152195
• Publication Date: 2017-11-27T08:24:32Z
• Authors: Clark Richards; Merle Pittman; Kirk Phelan; Shannon Nudds; Jim Hamilton
• Keywords: Baseline (sea); Marine ecosystem

Oceanographic monitoring in the Arctic is important for understanding physical, chemical, and biological environments, particularly given enhanced warming of high latitude regions compared with global average. Ongoing situ Barrow Strait, Northwest Passage, by Fisheries Oceans Canada scientists at Bedford Institute Oceanography have established a baseline physical environment that has been used assessing ocean freshwater export, role sea-ice freeze-up break-up on ecosystem dynamics, prediction processes based water property measurements. In recent years, deployment an underwater observatory permitted retrieval year-round near real-time data from Strait using network comprised acoustic modems, sub-sea cable, Iridium connected shore station. A strength system design it permits even during winter conditions. this paper, we present overview system, scientific goals motivating stream, examples newest instruments integrated into (including ice draft passive acoustics).