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Acoustic Current Doppler Profiler mooring and velocity current structure data, Alabama inner shelf, Feb 10 – June 09, 2011

Authors: Brian Dzwonkowski
Published On: Jun 02 2016 16:54 UTC
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7HQ3WX9
UDI: Y1.x014.000:0001
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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC)

Research Group:
Investigation of the Three Dimensional Eulerian Flow and Resulting Lagrangian Transport Pathways on the Alabama Shelf pathways on the Alabama shelf

Point of Contact

Brian Dzwonkowski
Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)
briandz@disl.org

Data Collection Period
2011-03-11
to
2011-09-14
Theme keywords

Velocity, currents, ADCP, inner shelf

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Abstract:

ADCP data were collected from mooring locations on the Alabama inner shelf in 2011. The data were collected to measure velocity current structure.

Suggested Citation:

Brian Dzwonkowski. 2016. Acoustic Current Doppler Profiler mooring and velocity current structure data, Alabama inner shelf, Feb 10 – June 09, 2011. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7HQ3WX9

Purpose:

The data were collected to measure velocity current structure.

Data Parameters and Units:

Amplitude a[Beam Number] (a1, a2, a3) files: 1 Amplitude Cell 1 [Beam Number] (counts), 2 Amplitude Cell 2 [Beam Number] (counts), ..., n Amplitude Cell n [Beam Number] (counts). Velocity v[Beam Number] (v1-X-East, v2-Y-North, v-Z-Up) files: 1 Velocity Cell 1 [Beam Number]-[X, Y, Z]-[East, North, Up] (m/s), 2 Velocity Cell 2 [Beam Number]-[X, Y, Z]-[East, North, Up] (m/s), ..., n Velocity Cell n [Beam Number]-[X, Y, Z]-[East, North, Up] (m/s). Sensor sen file: 1 Month (MM 1-12), 2 Day (DD 1-31), 3 Year (YYYY), 4 Hour (hh 0-23), 5 Minute (mm 0-59), 6 Second (ss 0-59), 7 Error code, 8 Status code , 9 Battery voltage (V), 10 Soundspeed (m/s), 11 Heading (degrees), 12 Pitch (degrees), 13 Roll (degrees), 14 Pressure (dbar), 15 Temperature (degrees C), 16 Analog input 1 , 17 Analog input 2 . Sensor Log .ssl file: Date and Time (MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss), Ecode, Scode, Level (Info, Warning), Description (First measurement, RTC Alarm, Last measurement). Mooring Latitudes, Longitudes, and Depths: SITE 12.5m WEST 30o 12.697 88o 12.609 40 ft SITE 19m EAST 30o 03.531 87o 45.500 61 ft SITE 12m EAST 30o 10.987 87o 45.541 41 ft

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