alaska compared to east coast
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Alaska compared to east coast. Frankfurt. Kiev. 4,700. Moscow. 4,500. 4,300. 4,100. China. Russia. Beijing. North. Pole. 3,900. Washington, DC. Seoul. 3,800. 3,400. Canada. Tokyo. 3,400. 2,500. Anchorage. Mesa. 2,300. Los Angeles. 2,700. 3,600. 2,700. Hawaii. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Alaska compared to east Alaska compared to east coastcoast
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Strategic LocationStrategic Location
China
Canada
NorthPole
Russia
FrankfurtFrankfurt
Washington, DCWashington, DC
Los AngelesLos Angeles
HawaiiHawaii
SeoulSeoul
BeijingBeijing
MoscowMoscow
4,1004,100
3,4003,4003,8003,800
3,9003,900
4,5004,500
TokyoTokyo
2,3002,300
2,5002,500MesaMesaAnchorageAnchorage
2,7002,7003,6003,600 2,7002,700
KievKiev4,7004,700
3,4003,400
4,3004,300
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Cook Inlet ConditionsCook Inlet Conditions• High tidal range - over 34 feetHigh tidal range - over 34 feet
• Tidal currents to 5+ knotsTidal currents to 5+ knots
• Pan ice several months of the yearPan ice several months of the year
• Silt laden waters require periodic dredgingSilt laden waters require periodic dredging
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- Represents the direction wind is blowing towards.
VALID TIME1436 (YDT) 07/26/04
Station: AnchorageWIND SPEED: 3 KNOTSGUSTING TO: 4 KNOTSDIRECTION: 265 TAIR TEMP.: 56.8 FBARO PRESS.: 1008.9 mbar
Station: NikiskiWIND SPEED: 13 KNOTSGUSTING TO: 21 KNOTSDIRECTION: 49 TAIR TEMP.: 56.1 FBARO PRESS.: 1007.1 mbar
Anchorage PORTSAnchorage PORTS
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PORTS – water levelsPORTS – water levels
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Stryker BrigadeStryker Brigade• Requires Requires strategicstrategic transfers from road or rail to transfers from road or rail to
waterwater
• Must be rapid, efficient, and secure Must be rapid, efficient, and secure
• Introduced large, high-speed catamarans and Introduced large, high-speed catamarans and transport vessels for sealift deployment to the transport vessels for sealift deployment to the theatertheater
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Ferries as “ships of Ferries as “ships of opportunity”opportunity”
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Figure 7. M/V Tustumena route across the Alaska Coastal Current and in Prince William Sound. Surface temperature, salinity, nitrate, transmittance, fluorescence and dissolved organic matter
Credit: Cokelet et al. proposal
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Continuous Plankton Recorder sampling
Sonia Batten - Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science
David Welch – Pacific Biological Station
(red shows current transects, orange the transect that was sampled between 1997 and 2003. Blue line is 1000m
isobath)
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NPRB
Credit: Batten
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Commercial fishing vesselsCommercial fishing vessels
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