Current meter components and other data from FIXED PLATFORMS from the South Atlantic Ocean from 1991-01-05 to 1993-02-19 (NCEI Accession 9500069)
Current meter components data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS in the South Atlantic Ocean from 05 January 1991 to 19 February 1993. Data were collected by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F015 Current Meter Components format.
The F015 format contains time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent the Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor. Position, bottom depth, sensor depth and meter characteristics are reported for each station. The data record includes values of east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components at specified date and time. Current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10 - 15 minute time intervals. Water temperature, pressure and conductivity or salinity may also be reported. A text record is available for optional comments.
The F015 format contains time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent the Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor. Position, bottom depth, sensor depth and meter characteristics are reported for each station. The data record includes values of east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components at specified date and time. Current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10 - 15 minute time intervals. Water temperature, pressure and conductivity or salinity may also be reported. A text record is available for optional comments.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Hogg, Nelson; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2002). Current meter components and other data from FIXED PLATFORMS from the South Atlantic Ocean from 1991-01-05 to 1993-02-19 (NCEI Accession 9500069). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/9500069. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1991-01-05 to 1993-02-19 |
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West: -44.45
East: -39.15
South: -31.091111
North: -28.477222
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Supplemental Information | The publication listed below is related to the data collection and is available from the NOAA Central Library: 1994 A Moored Array Along the Southern Boundary of the Brazil Basin for the Deep Basin Experiment. Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ; Kiel, Germany : Institut fur Meereskunde and der Universitat Kiel, 1994. 1994 North Atlantic Ship-of-Opportunity, XBT Programme 1990 - Data Report. Note: Metadata for this accession were extracted from a legacy database maintained by the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). The design of the database did not exactly reflect the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM). Principal Investigator (PI) and organization contact information accurately represents all available information from the legacy database at the time that this description was created. However, proper attribution of a PI to a specific institution or the role (submitting or collecting) taken by an institution may not be correct due to inexact mapping between fields in the legacy database and the CSDGM. Due to this uncertainty, the contact information was initially recorded in the Supplemental Information element of the CSDGM description. To develop more accurate metadata, NCEI reviews metadata for all accessions on an ongoing basis. Points of contact for this data set include: Contact info: Agency: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE PI: Hogg, Dr. Nelson Address: address: NOT AVAILABLE city: WOODS HOLE state: MA postal: 02543 country: UNITED STATES |
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