Auke Bay Laboratories Climatological Series
Environmental monitoring and assessment requires long term consistent observations of climatological and physical environmental data. Daily environmental records have been maintained at the Auke Bay Marine Station since February 1963 as part of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program. Additional historical records extend back to 1959 prior to the establishment of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.
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Dr. Bruce Wing taking rainfall measurements. |
Auke Bay Laboratories Daily Environmental Observations
Taken daily at approximately 16:30 hrs.
Daily Maximum air temperature
Daily minimum air temperature
Air temperature at time of observation
Daily afternoon sea surface temperature
Daily stream temperature at the Auke Creek Weir
Daily Auke Lake temperature
Daily precipitation (rainfall and/or snowfall)
Surface salinity as PSU
Secchi disc depth and water color by Forel or Ule color scale
The data are maintained in a MS Excel file.
Current data are available on request from Dr. Bruce L. Wing.
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Annual average of monthly average daily sea surface temperatures (MADSSTs) at Auke Bay, Alaska, 1976-2004. The solid line represents the overall annual mean while the dashed line represents the trend. |
Contact:
Dr. Bruce L. Wing
Auke Bay Laboratories
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
Auke Bay Marine Station
11305 Glacier Hwy
Juneau AK 99801
(907) 789–6043
Bruce.Wing@noaa.gov
Supporting Research
- Bruce, H. E., D. R. McLain, and B.L. Wing. 1977. Annual
physical and chemical oceanographic cycles of Auke Bay,
southeastern Alaska. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Rep.
NMFS SSRF-712, 11 p.
- Wing, B. L., and J. J. Pella. 1998. Time series analysis
of climatological records from Auke Bay, Alaska. U.S. Dep.
Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-91, 90 p.
- B. L. Wing, M. M. Masuda, and S. G. Taylor. 2006. Time
series analysis of physical environmental data records from
Auke Bay, Alaska. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-166,
75 p.
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