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OAS accession Detail for 0278179
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| Title: | Data from freely drifting kelp plants tagged with drifters in the Santa Barbara Channel between November of 2015 and December of 2017 (NCEI Accession 0278179) |
| Abstract: | This dataset contains current measurements and physical data collected at lab_UCSB during deployment Dugan_UCSB_2015-2017 in the North Pacific Ocean from 2015-11-30 to 2017-10-13. These data include depth, velocity east, and velocity north. The instruments used to collect these data include unknown. These data were collected by Dr Carter Ohlmann of University of California-Santa Barbara as part of the "Linking nearshore kelp forest dynamics to sandy beach ecosystems (Linking Kelp to Beaches)" project. The Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) submitted these data to NCEI on 2019-06-07. The following is the text of the dataset description provided by BCO-DMO: Dataset Description: Various tabular formats of these data are available by clicking the "Get Data" button on this page and then selecting "Downloads & Other Options." These data are also available as a Matlab struct data type containing data for each drift deployment. Download: |
| Date received: | 20190607 |
| Start date: | 20151130 |
| End date: | 20171013 |
| Seanames: | Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, North Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -120.45 |
| East boundary: | -119.5 |
| North boundary: | 34.472 |
| South boundary: | 34.163 |
| Observation types: | current measurements, physical |
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| Datatypes: | CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), DEPTH - OBSERVATION |
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| Submitting institution: | Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office |
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| Supplementary information: | Acquisition Description: GPS positions were sampled every 10 minutes. Velocities were computed as centered differences in position (first differences at endpoints). The instruments were deployed by finding kelp plants near the edges of the three study forests that had been detached from the bottom and were freely drifting, and then attaching gps buoys to the plants with 1/4” polypropylene line. The line was generally attached to part of the kelp plant nearest the surface. The instruments were then left to record their position every 10 minutes. The buoys were retrieved when they reached the shoreline or when it appeared they were leaving the Santa Barbara Channel and would thus become unrecoverable. More information about Microstar drifters (manufactured by Pacific Gyre Corp.) can be found in Ohlmann et al., 2005. |
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| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2023-05-14 04:24:36+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-05-14 04:25:20+00 |