Dataset Title: Nathaniel B. Palmer Raw ADCP Data

Cruise: NBP03-04a

Contact:
Jim Swift
UCSD/SIO, 0214
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA, USA 92093-0214
Phone:(619)534-3387
Fax:(619)534-7383
jswift@ucsd.edu


Dataset Description:
The shipboard ADCP system measures currents in the depth range from about 30 to
300 m -- in good weather. In bad weather or in ice, the range is less, and
sometimes no valid measurements are made.  It is the USAP-funded project of
Eric Firing (University of Hawaii) and Teri Chereskin (Scripps Institution of
Oceanography).  ADCP data collection occurs on the both LMG and the NBP for the
benefit of the scientists on individual cruises, and for the long-term goal of
building a climatology of current structure in the Southern Ocean.
The ADCP data set collected during this cruise has been placed on the
distribution media in the archive /adcp/304Aadcp.tar.  The archive consists of
a single file for each day of data collection.  The files are named
PINGDATA.xxx where xxx is a day number that is NOT a year-day.  For the date,
use the file's creation date. Some ADCP data is also transmitted to RVDAS. 
East and north vectors for ship's speed relative to the reference layer and
ship's heading are archived as 304Aadcp.tar in the directory, /rvdas/nav.