CCCC -- Table 8

Table 8. Summary of data types and sources for retrospective studies of the Gulf of Alaska.

Physical | Data Type
--- | ---
Source | Air Temp. | SST | Salinity | Wind | Wave Height | Pressure | Humidity | Precip. | Cloudiness | Glacial Extent | Current | Freshwater Discharge | Solar Radiation | Sea Level | Tides
GAK1/UAF | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line P | x | x | x | x |  | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FOCI Line 8 | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
CMS | x | x | x | x |  | x | x |  | x |  |  |  |  |  |
NWS | x | x | x | x |  | x | x | x | x |  |  |  | x |  |
COADS | x | x | x | x |  |  | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
NODC | (x) | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |
FNOC |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remote Sensing | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x | x |  |  | x |
NCBC | x | x |  | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
FFHU | x | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |  |  |
UAF/T.Royer |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |  |
Tidal Stations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  | x

FOCI = Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations, CMS = Coastal Meteorological Stations, NWS = National Weather Service, COADS = Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set, NODC = National Oceanic Data Center, FNOC = Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center, NCBC = National Climatic Buoy Center, UAF = University of Alaska Fairbanks FFHU = Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Japan, (x) = Buoy data only

Biological | Data Type
--- | ---
Source | Historical Records | Phyto. abund. & distrib. | Zoop. abund & distrib. | Ichthy. abund. & distrib. | Ichthy. Growth | Ichthy. Food Habits | Fish & Shellfish catch | Fish & Shellfish Growth | Fish & Shellfish Reprod. | F & S abund. & distrib. | F & S Food Habits
Sediment Cores | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tree Rings | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Middens | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Otolith Analysis | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Remote Sensing |  | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Station P |  | x | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hatcheries |  | x | x |  |  |  | x | x | x |  |
FOCI |  |  | x | x | x | x |  |  |  |  | x
AFSC |  |  | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x
ADF&G |  |  |  |  |  |  | x | x | x | x |
IPHC |  |  | x | x | x |  | x | x | x | x | x
INPFC/NPAFC |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |  |  | x |
OCSEAP |  | x | x | x |  |  |  | x |  | x | x
UAF |  |  |  | x |  |  |  | x |  | x |
FFHA |  | x | x |  |  |  |  | x |  | x |
UW |  |  |  | x | x |  |  | x | x | x | x
EVOS |  |  | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x

FOCI=Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations, AFSC = Alaska Fisheries Science Center, ADF&G = Alaska Department of Fish and Game, UW = University of Washington, UAF = University of Alaska Fairbanks, IPHC = International North Pacific Halibut Commission, EVOS = Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees, INPFC = International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, NPAFC = North Pacific Anadromous Fisheries Commission, FFHU = Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Japan, F & S = Fish and Shellfish

Biological | Data Type
--- | ---
Source | Seabird Growth | Seabird Reprod. | Seabird abund. & distrib. | Seabird food habits | Marine mammal growth | Marine mammal reproduction | M. mammal abund. & distribution | M. mammal food habits
Middens |  |  |  |  |  |  | x |
EVOS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | x
U.S. FWS | x | x | x | x | x |  |  | x
UC Irvine | x | x | x | x |  |  |  |
UAF | x | x |  | x | x |  |  |
NPUMMRC |  |  |  |  | x | x | x | x
ADF&G |  |  |  |  | x | x | x | x
NMML |  |  |  |  | x | x | x | x

U.S. FWS = United States Fish and Wildlife Service, NMML = National Marine Mammal Laboratory, ADF&G = Alaska Department of Fish and Game, UAF = University of Alaska Fairbanks, NPUMMRC = North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium, UC Irvine = University of California Irvine, EVOS = Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees