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Regional Cover Mapping of Tundra Plant Functional Types in Arctic Alaska, circa 2015
Ecosystem maps are foundational tools that support multi-disciplinary study design and applications including wildlife habitat assessment, monitoring, and earth-system modeling.... -
ShoreZone Mapping for the Alaska Coastline
ShoreZone takes a close-up inventory of the biology and geology of North America’s Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska and in-between. People use the coastal data, imagery, and... -
Tracking Polar Bears by Satellite
Movements of 9 satellite-collared adult female polar bears were tracked in February, 2010 by satellite telemetry. Bears were collared in 2007, 2008, and 2009 on the spring-time... -
Physical Oceanography of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
These websites present information related to water circulation in the Chukchi Sea. Currents, water velocity, temperature, salinity, wind, sea ice, and seasonal variation are... -
Arctic Report Card
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. A major conclusion... -
Physical Oceanography of Alaska's Beaufort Sea
The Alaskan Beaufort Sea continental shelf spans approximately 600 km along-shore and 80 km in the cross-shore direction. Circulation patterns of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas... -
MARINE MAMMAL DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE IN THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA, JULY-OCTOBER 2008-2010
The purpose of the marine mammal ecology survey is to increase current knowledge of the movements, distribution and abundance of marine mammals during the open water season... -
Chukchi Sea and Western Beaufort Sea Surface Currents
This BOEM sponsored project (AK NSL 12-03) studied the physical oceanography of the NE Chukchi shelf and circulation between the northeast Chukchi and the western Beaufort...
