% From % Woodgate, R.A., K. Aagaard, and T.J. Weingartner (2005) % Monthly temperature, salinity, and transport variability % of the Bering Strait throughflow. % Geophys. Res. Lett., % Vol. 32, No. 4, L04601 10.1029/2004GL021880. 2005 % % Table 1. Climatological Near-Bottom Temperature (T), % Salinity (S), and Principal Component (V) of Velocity % (Heading 329 deg) at A3** % % T (degC) S (psu) V (cm/s) Vol (Sv) Jan -1.77 (.01) 32.39 (.16) 11.4 (3.3) 0.4 Feb -1.79 (.01) 32.76 (.17) 15.3 (2.2) 0.6 Mar -1.80 (.01) 32.95 (.20) 18.2 (3.0) 0.7 Apr -1.78 (.01) 32.88 (.13) 21.7 (3.0) 0.8 May -1.44 (.08) 32.65 (.12) 29.5 (2.0) 1.2 Jun -0.06 (.20) 32.45 (.10) 32.5 (2.0) 1.3 July +1.59 (.30) 32.51 (.06) 29.2 (1.6) 1.1 Aug +2.07 (.31) 32.44 (.04) 26.8 (2.6) 1.0 Sep +2.25 (.27) 32.47 (.06) 18.6 (3.2) 0.7 Oct +2.22 (.26) 32.46 (.06) 16.1 (1.7) 0.6 Nov +0.62 (.35) 32.07 (.11) 18.6 (1.5) 0.7 Dec -1.36 (.15) 31.91 (.21) 13.1 (3.5) 0.5 AM -0.1 (0.2) 32.5 (0.1) 20.9 (2.5) 0.8 Estimated errors are in parentheses (grey areas on Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5). Standard deviations (thin black lines on Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5) are ~3 times these errors. Estimated transports (Vol) have errors ~25%. Water column means are probably ~0.5 to 1 psu fresher and 1 to 2degC warmer than these values during summer/autumn (~May– October). AM = annual mean.