Current meter components and other data from FIXED PLATFORMS from the North Atlantic Ocean and others locations from 09 January 1977 to 01 July 1983 (NODC Accession 8600153)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2017
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; WHOI > Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; 8600153; CONDUCTIVITY; CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U); CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V); WATER TEMPERATURE; current meter; mooring; thermistor; continuous; current measurements; physical; time series; FIXED PLATFORM; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; UNKNOWN; North Atlantic Ocean; Northeast Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W); Northwest Atlantic Ocean (limit-40 W); oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY; CURRENT METERS; THERMISTORS; BUOYS; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
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Current meter components data were collected from FIXED PLATFORMS from the North Atlantic Ocean and others locations from 09 January 1977 to 01 July 1983. Data were collected by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard F015 Current Meter Components format. Full format description is available from NODC at www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f015.html. The F015 format contains time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent the Eulerian method of current measurement, i.e., the meters are deployed at a fixed point and measure flow past a sensor. Position, bottom depth, sensor depth and meter characteristics are reported for each station. The data record includes values of east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components at specified date and time. Current direction is defined as the direction toward which the water is flowing with positive directions east and north. Data values may be subject to averaging or filtering and are typically reported at 10 - 15 minute time intervals. Water temperature, pressure and conductivity or salinity may also be reported. A text record is available for optional comments.