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ADCP data collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay river plume, April 5-12, 2016

Authors: Sally J. Warner, James N. Moum
Published On: Aug 11 2018 13:40 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N77D2SJ5
UDI: R4.x260.000:0010
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)

Point of Contact

Sally Warner
Oregon State University / College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
swarner@coas.oregonstate.edu

Data Collection Period
2016-04-05
to
2016-04-12
Theme keywords

ADCP, velocity, currents

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Abstract:

Data was collected on board the R/V Pelican during Leg 2 of the 2016 spring campaign (April 5-12, 2016) in the vicinity of the Mobile Bay river plume in the northern Gulf of Mexico. River plume fronts were observed on multiple occasions. There was also a wind event which drastically changed stratification. Data types in this collection: ADCP. Data types collected simultaneously found in another entry: shipboard flowthrough, shipboard navigation, shipboard meterological [R4.x260.000:0020], CTD (74 casts) [R4.x260.000:0018], Chameleon microstructure (~4000 casts) [R4.x260.000:0019], Biosonics acoustics [R4.x260.000:0022], X-Band Radar tuned to detect fronts [R4.x260.000:0021], SST, and a bow temperature/salinity chain.

Suggested Citation:

Sally J. Warner, James N. Moum. 2018. ADCP data collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay river plume, April 5-12, 2016. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N77D2SJ5

Publications:

Greer, A., Shiller, A., Hofmann, E., Wiggert, J., Warner, S., … Graham, W. (2018). Functioning of Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems and Implications for Oil Spill Response: From Observations to Mechanisms and Models. Oceanography, 31(3). doi:10.5670/oceanog.2018.302

Purpose:

ADCPs allow the visualization of water currents throughout the water column.

Data Parameters and Units:

ADCP velocity throughout water column (m/s); x-axis data (latitude in decimal degrees); y-axis data (depth in meters), zonal velocity (cm/s); Temperature (Celsius), Time (days since 2016-01-01 00:00:00), Longitude (degrees east), Latitude (degrees north), Ship heading (degrees)

Methods:

The data provided has been collected and processed by UHDAS+CODAS, in the format that is consistent across all ADCPs on UNOLS vessels. Both the raw and processed data are provided here. For more information about UHDAS+CODAS see http://currents.soest.hawaii.edu/docs/doc/. All raw data are included. The most useful processed data within this file structure are: /uhdas_PE_19_Graham_Leg2/proc/wh1200/contour/wh1200.nc and /uhdas_PE_19_Graham_Leg2/proc/wh300/contour/wh300.nc.

Instruments:

RDI 300 kHz ADCP RDI 1200 kHz ADCP

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