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Title: Ocean currents measured by Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP) from global oceans as part of the Joint Archive (JASADCP) 1993-10 to 2008-03 (NCEI Accession 0049878)
Abstract: This dataset contains cruises within 1993-10-08 to 2008-03-16, which were received, reviewed, and prepared for archival at the Joint Archive (JA) for Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP) within 2007-12 to 2008-12. Only datasets that have passed quality control and calibration stages, thus science-ready, are included in the JASADCP. The JASADCP is 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. This accession is a granule within the NCEI JASADCP collection.

Absolute U- and V-component ocean current vectors from 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 prior to the late 1990s when penetration extended to over 1 km.

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.
Date received: 20170222
Start date: 19931008
End date: 20080316
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West boundary: 139.6564
East boundary: 33.6672
North boundary: 42.2533
South boundary: -78.6482
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Submitter: Caldwell, Mr. Patrick
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
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Number of observations: 125
Supplementary information: In this accession, NCEI has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number.
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Metadata version: 12
Keydate: 2008-12-31 11:45:11+00
Editdate: 2024-01-07 16:52:29+00