NOAA/EcoFOCI (Ecosystems and Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations) Chukchi Sea mooring time-series data, stations C1, C2, and C3, 2010-08-24 to 2012-08-22, including currents, temperature, salinity, oxygen, chlorophyll a, and nitrate data (NCEI Accession 0157701)

These Ecosystems and Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI) mooring time-series datasets consist of RCM-9 current data, Ecofluorometer, Seacat and nitrate data from moored instruments at 3 stations in the Chukchi Sea (C1, C2, C3). The Chukchi region is a shallow and seasonally ice-covered shelf, and instruments were located at near-bottom depths to avoid possible ice interference. Instruments were deployed on year-long moorings from the F/V Alaskan Enterprise in August, 2010 and from F/V Mystery Bay in August, 2011 during late-summer Chukchi Sea Acoustics, Oceanography, and Zooplankton (CHAOZ) research cruises. Moorings were recovered during the August 2011 F/V Mystery Bay cruise and the August 2012 F/V Aquila cruise. Cruises were funded by the Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) through the NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory. Mooring operations were managed by EcoFOCI personnel from NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). Mooring time series data were processed at NOAA/PMEL/EcoFOCI using standard techniques. Missing data are listed as 1.0e+35. Time is recorded as UTC.