Abstract:

This dataset contains raw data files for the deployment of five bottom moorings for approximately six months between fall 2015 and spring 2016. The bottom moorings were instrumented with bottom mounted ADCPs, which collected time series of u, v, and w currents at discrete depth levels of 1 m or finer. The mounts for the ADCP also had a wave tide gauge (WTG) sensor to collect time series of bottom pressure, temperature, salinity and conductivity, along with wave properties using high frequency bottom pressure measurements. The processed ADCP data is available under GRIIDC UDI R4.x260.204:0030 (DOI:10.7266/N79C6VGW).

Suggested Citation:

Sabrina M. Parra, Jeffrey W. Book. 2018. Raw bottom moorings data collected in the Gulf of Mexico from 2015-11-01 to 2016-04-13. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N77D2SRV

Publications:

Parra, S. M., Greer, A. T., Book, J. W., Deary, A. L., Soto, I. M., Culpepper, C., … Miles, T. N. (2019). Acoustic detection of zooplankton diel vertical migration behaviors on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.11171

Purpose:

To understand the circulation from fall through spring on the shelf near the Mississippi River inlet.

Data Parameters and Units:

Water velocity profiles: north-south velocities [m/s], east-west velocities [m/s], vertical velocities [m/s]; Latitude [deg]; longitude [deg]; time [decimal days]; bottom depth [m]; bottom conductivity [S/m]; bottom salinity [psu]; bottom pressure [dbar]; bottom temperature [deg.C].

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