Parameter: Absolute current speed

Short Description:

Absolute current speed

Short Name:

curr_speed_abs

Official Name:

curr_speed_abs

Units:

cm/second

Graphable:

Yes

Description

absolute current speed, in cm/second. Velocity magnitude.

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
ADCP - TRANSPORT Fixed Station Moored	Moored ADCP data from the Fixed Station cruises of the TRANSPORT program, 2011-2012	TRANSPORT	curr_spd, along_vel, cross_vel
Current profiles: 2014-2016	Current profiler data for 5, 6, and 8 meters, 2014-2016	Nearshore larval transport, RAPID_Settlement_Hydrodynamics	current
Current Speed and Direction	Current speed and direction determined by tilt current meters	Costa Rica Seeps	Speed
Current Velocity Artificial Reef Jupiter 2020	Current Velocity Data Arctificial Reef - Jupiter from July 18 until December 4, 2020	Storm effect on predator	Speed_22, Speed_1, Speed_33, Speed_12, Speed_23, Speed_2, Speed_34, Speed_13, Speed_24, Speed_3, Speed_35, Speed_14, Speed_25, Speed_4, Speed_36, Speed_15, Speed_26, Speed_5, Speed_37, Speed_16, Speed_27, Speed_38, Speed_6, Speed_17, Speed_28, Speed_39, Speed_7, Speed_18, Speed_29, Speed_40, Speed_8, Speed_19, Speed_30, Speed_9, Speed_20, Speed_31, Speed_10, Speed_21, Speed_32, Speed_11
current_meter	S4 Current Meter Observations on MLML Particle Trap	NABE	curr_speed_abs, moor_speed
DISC: Deployment, environmental, and larval behavior information		Elacatinus Dispersal II	current_strength
FieldData_FidalgoBay_July2017	ADCP FidalgoBay, July 2017	Climate stressors on larvae	current_velocity_m_s
groundlines_current	Determining the effect of Eastern Maine bottom currents on lobster gear groundlines	NEC_ProjDev	curr_speed_abs
mcm_ps	BIO Moored Current Meter Data from Eastern Gulf of Maine/Scotian Shelf	GB	curr_speed_abs
Velocity from ADV at station E	Velocity from ADV at station E	SensoryNCE	velocity_mag

Programs associated with this parameter

U.S. GLOBal ocean ECosystems dynamics

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Parameter: Absolute current speed