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Title: Ocean currents measured by Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP) from global oceans accumulated at Joint Archive for SADCP from 2004 to 2013 (NODC Accession 0123302)
Abstract: Absolute U- and V-component ocean current vectors from Shipboard Acoustic
Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP), as both a high-frequency sampling
(nominally 5 minutes with 8 m depth bins) and an averaged subset (hourly time
and 10 m depth means), are provided for the global oceans. The depth range is
typically from 20 to 300 m although recent technology has allowed penetration
to over 1 km. The high frequency samples along with ancillary parameters are
provided in the Common Oceanographic Data Access System (CODAS) binary format.
The standard (averaged) subset is stored in ASCII. These data, collected from
2004-04-06 to 2013-12-23, represent the cruises acquired from 2012-07
through 2014-11 at the Joint Archive for SADCP, a collaboration of
NOAA and the E.Firing ADCP Laboratory at the University of Hawaii. The data
have been contributed by both US and international organizations. A total of
362 unique SADCP sets on 18 ships (7.1 gigabytes) are included.
Date received: 20141121
Start date: 20040406
End date: 20131223
Seanames: Andaman Sea or Burma Sea, Antarctic, Bay of Bengal, Caribbean Sea, Coastal Waters of California, Coastal Waters of Florida, Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico, Coastal Waters of Hawaii, Coastal Waters of Louisiana, Coastal Waters of Mississippi, Coastal Waters of SE Alaska, Coastal Waters of Texas, Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon, Coastal Waters of Western U.S., Columbia River estuary - Washington/Oregon, Coral Sea, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Drake Passage, East Coast - US/Canada, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Panama, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Indian Ocean, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W), Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180), North Pacific Ocean, Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W), Northwest Pacific Ocean (limit-180), Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Philippine Sea, Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, Ross Sea, Sargasso Sea, Scotia Sea, Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, Southeast Atlantic Ocean (limit-20 W), Southeast Pacific Ocean (limit-140 W), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Southwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-20 W), Southwest Pacific Ocean (limit-147 E to 140 W), Strait of Juan de Fuca, Straits of Florida, Tasman Sea, West Coast - US/Canada
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 64.188
South boundary: -78.643
Observation types: current measurements, physical, profile, underway
Instrument types: acoustic sensor, ADCP, temperature sensor, thermistor
Datatypes: CURRENT DIRECTION, CURRENT SPEED, CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W), WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Caldwell, Mr. Patrick
Submitting institution: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Collecting institutions: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Contributing projects: JASADCP
Platforms: Atlantis (33AT), ENDEAVOR (32EV), HEALY (32H1), Hi'ialakai (33HL), KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (33KI), Ka'imimoana (33KM), KILO MOANA (33KB), MARION DUFRESNE (35MF), Melville (318M), Nathaniel B. Palmer (3206), OCEANUS (32OC), Pelican (32PE), Roger Revelle (33RR), Ronald H. Brown (33RO), THOMAS G. THOMPSON (3250), WECOMA (32WC)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information:
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Metadata version: 12
Keydate: 2014-11-21 21:26:39+00
Editdate: 2014-12-10 20:56:35+00