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THE WESTERN ARCTIC SHELF-BASIN INTERACTIONS
(SBI) Jackie M. Grebmeier SBI Project
Office SBI 2 PI Meeting Naval Postgraduate
School, Monterey, CA 20-23 March 2005
http//sbi.utk.edu
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• Brief Meeting Outline (Spanagel 101A)
• Goals
• Present and discuss SBI results to date
• Discuss data policy, management and synthesis
  activities Phase 2
• Discuss synthesis activities within ARCSS and SBI
  Phase 3 planning
• Outline SBI-relevant international planning,
  including SBE, ICARP II, and IPY
• Update on SBI DSR special issue, future
  publications and meetings (ASLO-Spain June 2004,
  AGU/ASLO/TOS-Hawaii 2006)
• Mon. Mar. 21
• 0830-1200 Science sessions
• 1200-1330 Lunch (La Novia Room/NPS)
• 1330-1700 Science sessions
• 1730-1900 Reception on NPS base (Terrace
  Room/NPS)
• Dinner on own

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2003
1979
Sea ice extent in the Arctic-past, current, and
future
2010-2030
2040-2060
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Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Sea Marginal Ice ZoneSea
Surface (0-5 m) Salinity (ppt) and Velocity
(cm/s) and Sea Ice Concentration ( - red
contours) - Mean August 1979-1981
Seasonal and interannual variability of fluxes
through Bering Strait strongly influences sea
ice, ocean, and ecological conditions in the
Western Arctic Woodgate et al. 2005 Clement et
al. 2005 in revision
HV
WHS
EHS
BC
EB
W. Maslowski
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Low salinity and nutrient rich PW flows
downhill through Bering Strait and into the
Arctic Ocean
Upon exit, PW supplies a significant amount of
freshwater to the North Atlantic, affecting GOT
Eddy Carmack, SBE Paris 2005
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SBI Data Archive Summary 2005
Total Number of Datasets 172
Data Type Benthic 48
Hydrography 50 Ice
6 Meteorology 47
Microbiology 0 Mooring
2 Navigation 19 Optics
1 Plankton 6
Production 1 Satellite
21 Service Bottle 17 Service
CTD 13 Underway 42
Water Chemistry 13
Cruise 2004 HLY-04-02 3
HLY-04-03 2 HLY-04-04 1
HX-290 1(U) 2003 HLY-03-03
2 NBP03-04a 11 HX-274
1(U) 2003-14 Helo 0 2002
HLY-02-03 53 AWS-02-I 7
HX-260 1(U) HLY-02-01
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Password Protected 105 Phase I 31
Phase II 74 Loaded lt 1 yr 49
   
 

Phase I 41 II 131
   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   

   


   

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
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2004 SBI field participants
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