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My personal interests are in the climatic state of the N.E. Pacific Ocean. I work for the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans which has, for better or for worse, a primary mandate to respond to fishing interests. Oceanography runs a poor second place. Nevertheless, we do know that salmon do change their migration paths in response to changing climatic conditions. Furthermore, there have been some massive changes in recent years in the structure of N. Pacific salmon populations occuring simultaneously over vast regions of the N. Pacific. It is widely believed that changes in the physical environment are responsible.
In support of Canadian climate interests I am responsible for maintenance of the Line-P program (a.k.a. WOCE Repeat Hydrography line PR6). Recently we have seen some massive changes in the state of the upper ocean at O.W.S. Papa that must be having a significant effect on the open ocean ecosystems.
Also in support of Canadian climate interests I was been responsible for acquiring data along P1W and P15N. P1W section is the part of WOCE Line P1 extending from the open Pacific through the Sea of Okhotsk. These data are (CTD and bottle data) have been deposited with the WOCE HPO, the 2 year protection period has expired and the data should be available on request. P15N is the WOCE line extending nominally along 165W from the Aleutian Islands to 10S. Both the CTD and bottle data have been deposited with the WOCE HPO and are presently undergoing scrutiny under the DQE process.
I also have a small collaboration in the Labrador Sea deep convection experiment that is due to take place this fall. In support of that I will be deploying 7 profiling Alace floats. I am presently tracking 2 P-Alace floats in the N.E. Pacific, and data from those can be viewed on my personal web site: http://www.ios.bc.ca/ios/sos/freeland.htm.
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