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Title: Ocean currents measured by Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (SADCP) from global oceans as part of the Joint Archive for Shipboard ADCP holdings from 16 June 1985 to 23 March 2001 (NODC Accession 0000755)
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. This dataset represents the cruises acquired from 16 June 1985 through 23 March 2001 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.
Date received: 20020814
Start date: 19850616
End date: 20010323
Seanames: Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Bali Sea, Bass Strait, Bay of Bengal, Bering Sea, Bismarck Sea, Caribbean Sea, Celebes Sea (Sulawesi Sea and Mindanao Sea), Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, Coastal Waters of SE Alaska, Coral Sea, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Davis Strait, English Channel (La Manche), Great Australian Bight, Greenland Sea (including Iceland Sea and North Greenland Sea), Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Guinea, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Gulf of Suez, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, Indian Ocean, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland, Ionian Sea, Jawa (Java) Sea, Labrador Sea, Laccadive Sea, Maluku Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Mozambique Channel, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Norwegian Sea, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Persian Gulf (Gulf of Iran), Strait of Hormuz, Philippine Sea, Red Sea, Sawu Sea, Seto Naikai (Inland Sea), Solomon Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea (Nan Hai), Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 80.2202
South boundary: -76.717
Observation types: current measurements, navigational, physical, profile, underway
Instrument types: ADCP, GPS
Datatypes: CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Caldwell, Mr. Patrick
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Collecting institutions: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Contributing projects: JASADCP
Platforms: Alpha Helix (31HX), AURORA AUSTRALIS (09AR), Charles Darwin (74AB), COLUMBUS ISELIN (32IC), David Starr Jordan (31JD), Discoverer (31DS), Discovery (74E3), EDWIN LINK (33EL), ENDEAVOR (32EV), FIRST JUPITER (PAFJ), Franklin (09FA), GYRE (32GY), HUDSON (18HU), JAMES CLARK ROSS (74JC), JOHN P. TULLY (18DD), John V. Vickers (3220), J. W. POWELL (32UK), KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (33KI), Ka'imimoana (33KM), Ke Xue Yi Hao (76KE), Knorr (316N), L'ATALANTE (35A3), LE NOROIT (35LL), Lucid (33LL), Malcolm Baldrige (33MW), MARION DUFRESNE (35MF), MAURICE EWING (3230), McArthur (31M4), Melville (318M), METEOR (06MT), Miller Freeman (31FN), MOANA WAVE (32MW), Nathaniel B. Palmer (3206), NEW HORIZON (32NM), OCEANUS (32OC), OLEANDER (32OD), POINT SUR (32P0), Polarstern (06AQ), POSEIDON (06PO), Roger Revelle (33RR), Ronald H. Brown (33RO), Seward Johnson (33SW), SHI YAN 3 (76WJ), SONNE (06BE), THOMAS G. THOMPSON (3250), Thomas Washington (31WT), Townsend Cromwell (31TC), WECOMA (32WC), XIANG YANG HONG 05 (76XB), XIANG YANG HONG 14 (76X9)
Number of observations: 555
Supplementary information:
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Metadata version: 10
Keydate: 2002-07-22 12:10:52+00
Editdate: 2010-10-15 18:02:01+00