In June 2004, a surface buoy was deployed in the Kuroshio Extension recirculation gyre, at 144.5ºE, 32.3ºN. The Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO) mooring carries a suite of meteorological sensors to measure winds, air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, and solar and longwave radiation. With measurements of sea surface temperature and these surface meteorological measurements, the net air-sea heat, moisture and momentum fluxes can be computed. Surface and subsurface instrumentation includes temperature and salinity at 1 m to 500 m. Daily-averaged data are available in near-realtime at http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/keo/data.html. In June 2005, a pCO2 sensor will be included for computation of the air-sea CO2 flux. In the future, additional sensors may be added to the mooring.KEO is one of NOAA's most recent contributions to the global network of time series stations. The network, now referred to as OCEAN Sustained Interdisciplinary Timeseries Environment observation System (OceanSITES; http://www.oceansites.org/OceanSITES/), provides data for the science community, policy makers, and society in order to detect global climate and ecosystem changes, to describe/quantify them, to understand/explain them and to develop a capability to predict them.

Consists of Radiances and Geolocations (data available from June 24, 2002 to present), Atmosphere (data available from June 24, 2002 to present) and Ocean (data available from September 6, 1997 to present) data products derived from observations made by the MODIS instrument on board the Aqua satellite. Most of the files are in HDF-EOS format, while the Ocean binned and Level 4 products are in the native HDF4 format. For more information on MODIS and its data products please visit MODIS Data Support at http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS/. [ Reference: PICES Scientific Report No. 18 2001, Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on "Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific", http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report18/default.aspx. ]

The NPZ model was designed to produce temporally and spatially explicit food source (Pseudocalanus stages) for larval pollock, and to be input to the pollock IBM. This set of coupled (biological and physical) models was constructed to be used to examine hypotheses about pollock recruitment in the Shelikof Strait region. [ Reference: PICES Scientific Report No. 18 2001, Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on "Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific", http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report18/default.aspx. ]

The IBM was designed to run in conjunction with the 3-D physical model (SPEM) and the Shelikof NPZ model. The model spans over the western Gulf of Alaska from just southwest of Kodiak Island to the Shumagin Islands, shelf, water column to 100 m. Model inputs include water velocities, wind field, mixed-layer depth, water temperature and salinity, and Pseudocalanus field. Model outputs individual larval characteristics such as age, size, weight, location, lifestage, hatchdate, consumption, and respiration. [ Reference: PICES Scientific Report No. 18 2001, Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on "Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific", http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report18/default.aspx. ]

This 500-km SST field accumulation file consists of an archive of the 500-km SST fields. The number of fields archived at any one time depends on the size of the data set and is given in the directory. The first record is a directory record which points the user to the position of the first record for each field archived. A pointer to the latest field entered in the file is also provided. The user must check each field to find the field for the time period of interest. Record 2 is the first field in the accumulation file.The Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution keeps this data for a month, then sends it to the National Climatic Data Center for archiving.

This data set contains total column aerosol optical thickness retrievals calculated from channel 2 albedo observations (using the SST cloud clearing algorithm). The daily data consist of statistical summaries of each 10 X 10 degree latitude/longitude box. The Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution (OSDPC) keeps this data for a month, then sends it to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) for archiving. For current data, contact John Sapper at OSDPC, telephone 301-457-0914 ext.148, e-mail: john.sapper@noaa.gov. For archived data contact Thomas Ross at NCDC, telephone 828-271-4499, e-mail: tom.ross@noaa.gov.

Daily observations at 10:00 A.M were carried out for surface temperature, air temperature and other meteorological factors at 40 fixed stations (at lighthouse) in Korean coastal waters. The observation starting years are different along to the stations. Recently, there are some stations in which the observation were stopped by the change over the self-operating lighthouse.

This model was designed to determine the minimum state variables needed to represent a generic Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton (NPZ) marine ecosystem model for the North Pacific. Ecosystem fluxes are tracked in units of both nitrogen and silicon. Carbon flux process equations have been added recently. [ Reference: PICES Scientific Report No. 18 2001, Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on "Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific", http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report18/default.aspx. ]

Pink salmon escapement (and other biological data such as fecundity), Sashin Creek environmental data and weather and oceanographic data for Little Port Walter (LPW). Daily counts of fish passing through weir; daily stream flow, weather and oceanographic recordings Baranof Island; Southeast Alaska Publication Vallion et al, 1981. Summary of data and research pertaining to the pink salmon population at Little Port Walter, Alaska, 1964--80. NWAFC Proc. Rep. 81-10. 102 p. : Olson et al, 1967. Research on pink salmon at Little Port Walter, Alaska, 1934-1964. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Data Rep. 17, 301 p. (Available U.S. Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 5501-0208) Other Comments Escapements: 1934-present (gaps from 1981 to 1984 and 1986 to 1994); LPW weather: 1934 to present (occasional gaps); LPW oceanographic data 1951-present (several large gaps); and Sashin creek data: 1938 - present (several large gaps) PSARC_YN"Other Comments Escapements: 1934-present (gaps from 1981 to 1984 and 1986 to 1994); LPW weather: 1934 to present (occasional gaps); LPW oceanographic data 1951-present (several large gaps); and Sashin creek data: 1938 - present (several large gaps) A TCODE project

Satellite tracking of Steller sea lion movements via the Argos satellite telemetry system. Instruments attached to sea lions by NMML researchers are equipped with a pressure sensor and a saltwater conductivity sensor to collect information on diving behavior and time spent on land and at sea. The saltwater conductivity sensor determines when sea lions are on land or when the instrument comes out of the water as the animal surfaces to breathe at sea. The sensor triggers the transmission of a message to NOAA polar orbiting environmental satellites carrying receivers for the Service Argos global data telemetry and geo-positioning system. If a satellite is in view and receives the message or "uplink", the Argos system relays the messages to ground based receiving stations and the data are provided to NMML for analysis and interpretation. Data from active transmitters displayed on the map viewer are sent to NMML automatically every 24 hours, providing near real-time tracking information on sea lion movements. [ Reference: PICES Scientific Report No. 18 2001, Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on "Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific", http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report18/default.aspx. ]