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Physical and Chemical Properties from
Selected Expeditions in the Arctic Ocean

CTD Data Set: Northern Oil and Gas Action Program (NOGAP)

Overview

The main objectives of the Northern Oil and Gas Action Program (NOGAP) were to investigate hydrocarbon geochemistry and primary production in the context of shelf processes.
The program generated a large amount of diverse data, a set of data reports and electronic data sets, and a sequence of publications on topics varying from water mass distributions to hydrocarbon geochemistry to climate change. All of the NOGAP CTD data in this data set were collected by personnel of the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada.
(R. Macdonald, personal communication, 31 August 2000)

Sites/Ships/Cruises 8670, MV Arctic Ivik
8671, MV Arctic Ivik
8770, Aircraft support
8771, John P. Tully
8970, CCGS Sir John Franklin
9070, CCGS Henry Larsen
9109, Aircraft support
9170, CCGS Henry Larsen
9207, Aircraft support
9216, CCGS Henry Larsen
9324, CCGS Henry Larsen
Dates of Operation 28 August 1986 through 25 September 1993
General Location Beaufort Sea, Canada Basin, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea
Investigator(s) Rob Macdonald, Institute of Ocean Sciences
Notes The data are stored in directories named by four-digit codes. The first two numbers of the code stand for the year the data were collected. The last two digits are the cruise number assigned by the Institute of Ocean Sciences.

Location Maps and Parameter Summaries

MV Arctic Ivik, 28 August-6 September 1986 (8670)

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MV Arctic Ivik, 10 September-16 September 1986 (8671)

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Aircraft support, 30 March-4 June 1987 (8770)

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John P. Tully, 31 July-30 August 1987 (8771)

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CCGS Sir John Franklin, 21 August-5 September 1989 (8970)

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CCGS Henry Larsen, 28 August-18 September 1990 (9070)

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Aircraft support, 19 April-11 May 1991 (9109)

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CCGS Henry Larsen, 5 September-26 September 1991 (9170)

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Aircraft support, 14 April-15 May 1992 (9207)

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CCGS Henry Larsen, 5 September-28 September 28 1992 (9216)

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CCGS Henry Larsen, 15 August-25 September 1993 (9324)

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Literature and data reports that resulted from the NOGAP project

Carmack E. C., Macdonald R. W., and Papadakis J. E. (1989) Water mass structure and boundaries in the Mackenzie shelf estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research 94(C12), 18,043-18,055.

Falkner K. K., Macdonald R. W., Carmack E. C., and Weingartner T. (1994) The potential of barium as a tracer of Arctic water masses. In The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Vol. 85, pp. 63-76. American Geophysical Union.

Forbes J. R., Macdonald R. W., Carmack E. C., Iseki K., and O'Brien M. O. (1992) Zooplankton retained in sequential sediment traps along the Beaufort Sea shelf break during winter. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49(4), 663-670.

Gobeil C., R.W. Macdonald, B. Sundecibary. (1997) Diagenetic separation of cadmium and manganese in suboxic continental margin sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61, 4647-4654.

Goñi M., Yunker M. B., Macdonald R. W., and Eglinton T. I. (2000) Distribution and sources of organic biomarkers in arctic sediments from the Mackenzie River and Beaufort Shelf. Marine Chemistry 71, 23-51.

Iseki K., Macdonald R. W., and Carmack E. C. (1987) Distribution of particulate matter in the southeastern Beaufort Sea in late summer. NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology, 35-46.

Kulikov E. A., E.C. Carmack and R.W. Macdonald,. (1998) Flow variability at the continental shelf break of the Mackenzie shelf in the Beaufort Sea, 1996. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(C6), 12725-12741.

Macdonald R. W., Paton, D.W., Carmack, E.C., Omstedt, A. (1995) The freshwater budget and under-ice spreading of Mackenzie River water in the Canadian Beaufort Sea based on salinity and 18O/16O measurements in water and ice. Journal of Geophysical Research 100 (C1), 895-919.

Macdonald R. W. (2000) Arctic estuaries and ice: a positive-negative estuarine couple. In The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean (ed. E. L. Lewis, E. P. Jones, P. Lemke, T. Prouse, and P. Wadhams), pp. 383-407. Kluwer.

Macdonald R. W. and Carmack E. C. (1991) The role of large-scale under-ice topography in separating estuary and ocean on an Arctic shelf. Atmosphere-Ocean 29(1), 37-53.

Macdonald R. W., Carmack E. C., McLaughlin F. A., Falkner K. K., and Swift J. H. (1999) Connections among ice, runoff and atmospheric forcing in the Beaufort Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters 26(15), 2223-2226.

Macdonald R. W., Carmack E. C., McLaughlin F. A., Iseki K., Macdonald D. M., and O'Brien M. O. (1989) Composition and modification of water masses in the Mackenzie Shelf Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research 94(C12), 18,057-18,070.

Macdonald R. W., Carmack E. C., and Paton D. W. (1999) Using the d18O composition in landfast ice as a record of arctic estuarine processes. Marine Chemistry 65(1-2), 3-24.

Macdonald R. W., Carmack E. C., and Wallace D. W. R. (1993) Tritium and radiocarbon dating of Canada Basin deep waters. Science 259, 103-104.

Macdonald R. W., Solomon S. M., Cranston R. E., Welch H. E., Yunker M. B., and Gobeil C. (1998) A sediment and organic carbon budget for the Canadian Beaufort shelf. Marine Geology 144(4), 255-273.

Macdonald R. W. and Thomas D. J. (1991) Chemical interactions and sediments of the western Canadian Arctic Shelf. Continental Shelf Research 11(8-10), 843-863.

Macdonald R. W., Wong C. S., and Erickson P. E. (1987) The distribution of nutrients in the southeastern Beaufort Sea: implications for water circulation and primary production. Journal of Geophysical Research 92(C3), 2939-2952.

Minagawa M., Iseki K., and Macdonald R. W. (1991) Carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of organic matter in the Arctic food webs. La mer 29, 209-211.

Omstedt A., Carmack E. C., and Macdonald R. W. (1994) Modeling the seasonal cycle of salinity in the Mackenzie shelf/estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research 99(C5), 10,011-10,021.

Whitehouse B. G., Macdonald R. W., Iseki K., Yunker M. B., and McLaughlin F. A. (1989) Organic carbon and colloids in the Mackenzie River and Beaufort Sea. Marine Chemistry 26, 371-378.

Yunker M. B. and Macdonald R. W. (1995) Composition and origins of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Mackenzie River and on the Beaufort Sea shelf. Arctic 48(2), 118-129.

Yunker M. B., Macdonald R. W., Cretney W. J., Fowler B. R., and McLaughlin F. A. (1993) Alkane, terpene, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon geochemistry of the Mackenzie River and Mackenzie Shelf: Riverine contributions to Beaufort Sea coastal sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57, 3041-3061.

Yunker M. B., Macdonald R. W., Fowler B. R., Cretney W. J., Dallimore S. R., and McLaughlin F. A. (1991) Geochemistry and fluxes of hydrocarbons to the Beaufort Sea shelf: A multivariate comparison of fluvial inputs and coastal erosion of peat using principal components analysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55, 255-273.

Yunker M. B., Macdonald R. W., Veltkamp D. J., and Cretney W. J. (1995) Terrestrial and marine biomarkers in a seasonally ice-covered Arctic estuary -- Integration of multivariate and biomarker approaches. Marine Chemistry 49, 1-50.

Yunker M. B., Macdonald R. W., and Whitehouse B. G. (1993) Phase associations and lipid distributions in the seasonally ice-covered Arctic estuary of the Mackenzie Shelf. Organic Geochemistry 22(3-5), 651-669.

Yunker M. B., Snowdon L. R., Macdonald R. W., Smith J. N., Fowler M. G., Skibo D. N., McLaughlin F. A., Danyushevskaya A. I., Petrova V. I., and Ivanov G. I. (1996) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composition and potential sources for sediment samples from the Beaufort and Barents Seas. Environmental Science and Technology 30, 1310-1320.

Data Reports Paton, D.W., V. Knight and R.W. Macdonald, 1997. NOGAP B.6 oxygen isotope data from water and ice cores from the Beaufort Sea, May, 1992. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 149, 23 pp.

Gushue, W., E.C. Carmack and R.W. Macdonald, 1996. Freshwater inputs to Husky Lakes and Liverpool Bay. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 175, 23 pp.

Macdonald, R.W., M.C. O'Brien, E.C. Carmack, R. Pearson, F.A. McLaughlin, D. Sieberg, J. Barwell-Clarke, D.W. Paton and D. Tuele, 1995. Physical and chemical data collected in the Beaufort, Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, August - September, 1993, Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 139, 288pp.

Paton, D.W., A. Abehennah, W. Grieve and R.W. Macdonald, 1994. NOGAP B.6, Oxygen isotope data from water and ice cores from the Beaufort Sea, September 1990, May 1991 and September 1991, Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 134, 118 pp.

Pearson, R., M. O'Brien, D. Sieberg, F.A. McLaughlin, D.W. Paton, D. Tuele, J. Barwell-Clarke, E.C. Carmack, R.W. Macdonald and M. Galbraith 1994. NOGAP B.6, Physical and chemical data collected in the Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie River Delta, April-May and September, 1992, and ice core data collected in 1991-1992. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 129, 198 pp.

Yunker, M.B., F.A. McLaughlin, B.R. Fowler, G. Brooks, G. Chiddell, C. Hamilton and R.W. Macdonald, 1992, NOGAP B.6; Volume 9: Hydrocarbon Determinations; Mackenzie River And Beaufort Sea, Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60, 286 pp

Macdonald, R.W., D. Sieberg, R. Pearson, D. Paton, M. C. O'Brien, F.A. McLaughlin, E.C. Carmack, 1992, Oceanographic Data Collected from the Henry Larsen in the Beaufort Sea, September 1991. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 112, 108 pp.

Macdonald, R.W., R. Pearson, F.A. McLaughlin, M.C. O'Brien, D.W. Paton, E.C. Carmack, J.R. Forbes, J. Barwell-Clarke, 1992. Physical and Chemical Data Collected in the Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie River Delta, April - May, 1991, Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 104, 154pp.

Gobeil, C., D. Paton, F.A. McLaughlin, R.W. Macdonald, G. Paquette, Y. Clermont, et M. Lebeuf, 1991, Donnees geochimiques sur les eaux interstitielles et les sediments de la mer de Beaufort, Rapport Statistique Canadien sur l'Hydrographie et les Sciences Océanique, 101, 92pp.

O'Brien, M.C., K.Iseki, R.W. Macdonald, R. Forbes, Yang Liangfeng, D. McCullough, 1991, Sediment trap data collected in the Beaufort Sea, March 1987 - March 1988, Can. Data Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci.: 60 (8), 237 pp

Macdonald, R.W., E.C. Carmack, F. A. McLaughlin, D. Sieberg, M. C. O'Brien, D. Paton, R. Pearson, Yang Liangfeng, C.Gobeil, 1991, Oceanographic Data Collected from the Henry Larsen in the Beaufort Sea, August-September 1990. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 97, 142 pp. 1991 Macdonald, R.W., E.C. Carmack, M.C. O'Brien, F.A. McLaughlin, B. Minkley and K. Berger-North, 1990. Oceanographic data collected from the Sir John Franklin in the Beaufort Sea, September 1989. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 80, 100pp.

Yunker, M.B., F.A. McLaughlin, B.R. Fowler, T.A. Smyth, W.J. Cretney,R.W. Macdonald and D. McCullough 1990. NOGAP B.6; Volume 7: Hydrocarbon determinations; Mackenzie River and Beaufort Sea shoreline peat samples. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60, 81pp.

Carmack, E.C., J.E. Papadakis, D.M. Macdonald, and R.W. Macdonald 1989. Nogap B.6; Volume 6: Physical data collected in the Beaufort Sea, Summer 1987. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60, 219pp.

Macdonald, R.W., K. Iseki, M.C. O'Brien, F.A. McLaughlin, D. McCullough, D.M. Macdonald, E.C. Carmack, M. Yunker, S. Buckingham, and G. Miskulin, 1988. NOGAP B.6; Volume 5, Chemical data collected in the Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie River Delta, March - July 1987, Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60(5), 56pp.

Macdonald, R.W., K. Iseki, M.C. O'Brien, F.A. McLaughlin, D. McCullough, D.M. Macdonald, E.C. Carmack, H. Adams, M. Yunker, G. Miskulin and S. Buckingham, 1988. NOGAP B.6; Volume 4, Chemical data collected in the Beaufort Sea, Summer, 1987. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60(4), 103pp.

McCullough, D., R.W. Macdonald, K. Iseki, and E.C. Carmack, 1988. NOGAP B.6; Volume 3: Beaufort Sea current measurements, September, 1987 - March, 1988. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60(3), 37pp.

Macdonald, D.M., L.E. Cuypers, D. McCullough, E. Carmack, and R.W. Macdonald, 1988. NOGAP B.6; Volume 2: Physical data collected in the Beaufort Sea, March-June, 1987. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60(2), 157pp.

McCullough, D., R.W. Macdonald, K. Iseki, and E.C. Carmack, 1988. NOGAP B.6; Volume 1: Beaufort Sea current measurements, March-August, 1987. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 60(1), 42pp.

Cuypers, L.E., A.W. Blaskovich, E.C. Carmack, and R.W. Macdonald, 1988. NOGAP B.6; Physical data collected in the Beaufort Sea, September, 1986. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 59, 149pp.

Macdonald, R.W., K. Iseki, E.C. Carmack, D. Macdonald, M. O'Brien, and F. McLaughlin, 1988. Data report: NOGAP B.6; Beaufort Sea oceanography, September 1986. Canadian Data Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, 58, 68pp.