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Title: Ocean currents measured by Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP) 1999-02 to 2016-11 from global oceans accumulated at the Joint Archive (JASADCP) 2014-12 to 2017-09 (NCEI Accession 0167288)
Abstract: Absolute U- and V-component ocean current vectors from Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP), as both a high frequency sampling (nominally 5 minutes with 8 m depth bins) and an averaged subset (hourly time and 10 m depth means), are provided for the global oceans. The depth range was typically from 20 to 300 m during the 1980s to ~1990s, after which technology improvements have allowed penetration to over 1 km. Starting in the 2000s, many cruises began utilizing multiple sonars, some of which with multiple modes, to allow independent sets of varying depth-versus-resolution characteristics. Thus, some cruises have more than one sonar-cruise set. The high frequency samples along with ancillary parameters are provided in the Common Oceanographic Data Access System (CODAS) binary format, from which long- and short-form NetCDF files are made. The long form holds an exact dump of the CODAS set. The short form gives currents in Earth coordinates and select ancillary parameters. The standard (averaged hourly/10m depth bins) subset is stored in ASCII and NetCDF. This NCEI Accession represents the cruises taken over the time span of 1999-02-19 to 2016-11-25 and accumulated 2014-12 to 2017-09 at the Joint Archive for SADCP, a collaboration of NOAA and the E.Firing ADCP Laboratory at the University of Hawaii. The data have been contributed by both US and international organizations.
Date received: 20171005
Start date: 19990219
End date: 20161125
Seanames: World-Wide Distribution
West boundary: -180
East boundary: 180
North boundary: 90
South boundary: -90
Observation types: current measurements, in situ, physical, profile
Instrument types: ADCP, thermistor
Datatypes: CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Caldwell, Mr. Patrick
Submitting institution:
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Centers for Environmental Information
Contributing projects: JASADCP
Platforms: Algoa (91AL), Atlantic Explorer (33H4), BLUE HERON (33B1), ENDEAVOR (32EV), Falkor (CIFR), HEALY (32H1), Hugh R. Sharp (33H5), KILO MOANA (33KB), Knorr (316N), Laurence M. Gould (33LG), Marcus G. Langseth (33H3), MARION DUFRESNE (35MF), Melville (318M), MIRAI (49NZ), Nathaniel B. Palmer (3206), NEW HORIZON (32NM), OCEANUS (32OC), Roger Revelle (33RR), Seward Johnson (33SW), Sikuliaq (33BI), THOMAS G. THOMPSON (3250)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Submission Package ID: H3FDH4
Availability date:
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2017-10-10 21:30:03+00
Editdate: 2017-10-11 22:09:50+00