Current meter data from moored current meter casts in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Gulf of Mexico SW Florida Shelf Benthic Communities project from 1983-12-11 to 1984-11-01 (NODC Accession 8500187)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2016
• 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; 8500187; CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U); CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V); HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; water depth; WATER TEMPERATURE; current meter; mooring; thermistor; continuous; current measurements; physical; time series; FIXED PLATFORM; Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Inc. - Gainesville; GULF OF MEXICO SW FLORIDA SHELF BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; Gulf of Mexico; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE; CURRENT METERS; THERMISTORS; BUOYS; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO; North Atlantic
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Current meter data were collected using moored current meter casts in the Gulf of Mexico from December 11, 1983 to November 1, 1984. Data were submitted by Environmental Sciences and Engineering, INC. - Gainesville as part of the Gulf of Mexico SW Florida Shelf Benthic Communities project. Data were processed by NODC to the NODC standard Current Meter Data (F015) format. Full current meter moorings descriptions are available at http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/General/NODC-Archive/f015.html. The F015 format is used for time series measurements of ocean currents. These data are obtained from current meter moorings and represent 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 comprises 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 and negative directions west and south. 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.