Use the checkboxes to choose the data to display.

Sea Ice:

MODIS Truecolor Image, courtesy of NASA's Earth Observing System
MODIS Day of Year 109 Ice extent is courtesy of the National Ice Center.

Active Drifters:
ARCTREX, 9/09
Kotzebue offshore
Kotzebue inshore

UAF HFR Surface Currents:
Hourly UAF Surface Current Vectors (HFR)
Daily UAF Surface Current Vectors (HFR)

Chukchi Bathymetry:
Alaska Region Bathymetric DEM

Active AUV/gliders:
This map shows only currently deployed gliders. See the Gliders Page for all glider deployments.
Glider 191

Recent Wind Vectors:
From airports
The labels at Barrow, Wainwright, and Point Lay are links to wind data collected in those locations.

Oil Leases:
Active, May 2014

Real-Time Map (now defunct)

While the field work portion of the Chukchi and Western Beaufort Circulation Study was active, data was posted to this page as it was collected. It is not currently updated, but remains as a memorial and example of the data collection. See the tabs above for links to other aspects of this project.

Data shown on this page in 2015 was funded through other projects and agencies. See below for details:



2015 Data is Sponsored By:

The Chukchi and Western Beaufort Circulation Study is Sponsored By:

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

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