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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) 2000-07 to 2012-02 (NCEI Accession 0093159)
Abstract: This dataset contains cruises within 2000-07-20 to 2012-02-20, which were received, reviewed, and prepared for archival at the Joint Archive (JA) for Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (SADCP) within 2010-11 to 2012-07. 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 ranges varied within 10 m to as deep as 1800 m. Select cruises utilize multiple sonars, some of which have 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.
Date received: 20170228
Start date: 20000720
End date: 20120220
Seanames: Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Caribbean Sea, Chukchi Sea, Coral Sea, Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, Ross Sea, South Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea
West boundary: 25.7142
East boundary: 18.2259
North boundary: 88.4434
South boundary: -77.8456
Observation types: current measurements, in situ, navigational, physical, profile, underway
Instrument types: ADCP, GPS
Datatypes: CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V), WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Caldwell, Mr. Patrick
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Collecting institutions: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, US DOC; NOAA; NESDIS; National Oceanographic Data Center
Contributing projects: JASADCP
Platforms: ENDEAVOR (32EV), Healy (33HQ), KA'IMIKAI-O-KANALOA (33KI), KILO MOANA (33KB), Knorr (316N), Laurence M. Gould (33LG), Marion Dufresne (35MV), MIRAI (49NZ), Nathaniel B. Palmer (3206), POINT SUR (32P0), Polarstern (06AQ), Ronald H. Brown (33RO), THOMAS G. THOMPSON (3250)
Number of observations: 157
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

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: 10
Keydate: 2012-07-24 15:33:39+00
Editdate: 2024-05-22 22:45:27+00