Dataset: mcm_ps
Deployment: PAR94-018

BIO Moored Current Meter Data from Eastern Gulf of Maine/Scotian Shelf

Principal Investigator:

Peter C. Smith (Bedford Institute of Oceanography, BIO)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank (GB)

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/449918/data

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Description

Moored Current Meter Observations

In general, mooring locations and depths of current meters are redeployments of previous moorings. Thus, for some sites, the data record can be near continuous from 1993.

Contributor:
Peter C. Smith
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
CANADA

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Moored Current Meter data from Peter Smith's cruises from Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO)

Deployment-specific acquisition description

Moored Current Meter data from Peter Smith's cruises from Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO)

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
unknown GB NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
unknown GB NSF	National Science Foundation

Instruments

Aanderaa Recording Current Meter

Supplied Name: Aanderaa Recording Current Meters

Supplied Description:

Aanderaa Recording Current Meters

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Aanderaa Recording Current Meter

Acronym: Aanderaa Current Meter

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/114/

Generic Description:

The Aanderaa Recording Current Meter (RCM) is a self-contained instrument that can be moored in the sea and record ocean current, water temperature, conductivity of the water and depth of the instrument. This instrument designation is used when specific make and model are not known. (more from Aanderaa).

Aanderaa Tide Gauge

Supplied Description:

Aanderaa Tide Gauge

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Aanderaa Tide Gauge

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/111/

Generic Description:

The Aanderaa tide gauge measures and records the time and height of the sea surface as it changes with the tides.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruiseid	Identification of cruise that deployed or recovered the moorings		cruiseid
year	year data was collected		year
site	mooring/site identification		Site_ID
lat	latitude, negative = South	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude, negative = West	decimal degrees	lon
depth_w	depth of water	meters	depth_w
depth	depth of current meter	meters	depth
yrday_utc	Julian Day, UTC time	fractional day	yrday_utc
temp	temperature	degrees C	temp
sal	salinity, PSS		sal
curr_dir_abs	absolute current direction	degrees true	curr_dir_abs
curr_speed_abs	absolute current speed	centimeters/second	curr_speed_abs

Database

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Dataset: mcm_ps
Deployment: PAR94-018

Moored Current Meter Observations

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Database

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Moored Current Meter Observations

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Deployment-specific acquisition description

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Dataset: mcm_ps
Deployment: PAR94-018