Application of High-Frequency Radar to Potential Hydrocarbon Development Areas in the Northeast Chukchi Sea: Physical Oceanography of the Chukchi Sea OCS

Country

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Regions studied

Keywords

Oceanography

Updated 2012-07-25

Understanding the physical oceanography of the northeast Chukchi Sea through the collection of real time High Frequency Radar (HFR) surface current measurements from shore-based systems, deployment of sub-surface Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP), and the use of Automated Underwater Vehicles (AUV). Providing oceanographic data sets for guiding the development and evaluation of ocean circulation, wave and oil spill trajectory models.

http://www.ims.uaf.edu/hfradar/

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 2009 -
Data collection: 2009 -
Data processing: 2009 -
Data reporting: 2009 -

Contact information

Contact person: - -
Address: At the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS), Warren Horowitz (warren.horowitz@mms.gov); at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Marine Sciences, Dr. Thomas Weingartner, principal investigator (weingart@ims.uaf.edu).

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied: Chukchi Sea; Chukchi Sea

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: HF Radar: Surface current speed and direction, wave information, ADCP subsurface current speed and direction, temperature, depth, and conductivity, temperature and salinity profiles from AUV’s, directional wave,

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: No
Other institutes involved in the project: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: Coordinating logistics with the local communities. Networks: U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) (IOOS)
Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project: Working with the communities to set up HF radar systems.