> ========================= > ChukchiMooringData.readme > ========================= > > README FILE FOR Chukchi90 MOORING DATA 13th April 2004 > =============================================================== > > This is an archive of data from 13 moorings deployed in > the Chukchi Sea from Autumn 1990 to Autumn 1991. > Name, location, water depth and instruments (Inst.) > deployed on each mooring are listed below. In each case > instruments are deployed ca. 8-10m above bottom. > > Name Latitude Longitude Water Inst. Location > (N) (W) Depth > deg min deg min m > > ADCP 65 50.5 168 37.1 55 ADCP Bering Str (NE) > > MA1 65 54.0 169 25.7 50 RCM, SBE Bering Str (W) > MA2 65 46.5 168 35.2 53 RCM, SBE Bering Str (E) > MA3 66 17.6 168 57.9 56 RCM, SBE Bering Str (N) > > MC1 67 56.9 174 33.2 44 RCM Central Chukchi (W) > MC2 68 20.5 172 29.8 51 RCM, SBE Central Chukchi > MC3 68 36.7 171 4.4 55 RCM, SBE Central Chukchi > MC4 68 51.4 169 35.6 53 RCM, SBE Central Chukchi > MC6 69 1.1 166 57.3 47 RCM, SBE Central Chukchi (E) > > ME2 70 29.7 181 33.1 46 RCM, SBE Long Strait (N) > > MF1 71 6.9 175 43.9 48 RCM, SBE Herald Valley (W) > MF2 70 57.8 174 11.2 49 RCM, SBE Herald Valley (E) > > MK1 71 2.0 159 41.9 80 RCM, SBE Barrow Canyon (head) > > Header information for each record is given in each file. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > For full details, please see: > Woodgate, R.A., Aagaard, K., Weingartner, T., (submitted) > A Year in the Physical Oceanography of the Chukchi Sea. > Moored measurements from Autumn 1990-1991, > submitted to Deep-Sea Research Part II, Jan 2004. > > For overview, please see: > http://psc.apl.washington.edu/HLD/Chukchi/Chukchi.html > > For queries, please contact: > Dr Rebecca A Woodgate > Applied Physics Laboratory Tel: (206)-221-3268 > University of Washington Fax: (206)-616-3142 > 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle Email: woodgate@apl.washington.edu > Washington 98105-6698, U.S.A. http://psc.apl.washington.edu/HLD > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Meta data > ========= > > 1) Platform: 13 oceanographic moorings > deployed from the RV Professor Khromov in Autumn 1990 > recovered from the OSS Surveyor in Autumn 1991 > > 2) Project title: > Joint US/USSR Circulation Study of the Chukchi Sea > > 3) Data collection dates: Autumn 1990 to Autumn 1991 > > 4) PIs: Knut Aagaard (aagaard@apl.washington.edu) > Carol Pease (grtwater@mindspring.com) > Rebecca Woodgate (woodgate@apl.washington.edu) > > 5) Data collection method: > Aanderaa Current meters (RCM), sampling hourly (.rcmdat) > Seabird SBE16 meters (SBE), sampling hourly (.sbedat) > RDI SC-ADCP, sampling every 30min (.adcpdat) > including surface tracking data (.stadcpdat) > > 6) Data calibration method: > RCMs Pre and post calibrated by the manufacturer and at NOAA/PMEL > - pre calibration used for data. > SBEs Pre and post calibrated by the manufacturer > - pre and post cals combined for data > Data despiked > Data corrected to true north > > 7) Instrumentation used: > Aanderaa Current meters, sampling hourly (.rcmdat) > Seabird SBE16 meters, sampling every 30min (.sbedat) > RDI SC-ADCP, sampling every 30min (.adcpdat) > including surface tracking data (.stadcpdat) > > 8) Quality control procedures: > Data despiked manually > Checked against other instruments and CTD casts > > 9) Data format: > Ascii, format given in header, is: > > RCM data format: > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Aanderaa RCM data from Chukchi Sea Autumn 1990 - Autumn 1991 > % (see meta data for notes) > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Data format: > % serial number > % latdeg latmin longdeg longmin (+ve=N and E, -ve = S and W) > % starttime (dd mm yy hh mm ss ms) time interval in s > % (NOTE time interval is nominal - see meta data for clock drift) > % water depth /m > % instrument depth /m > % data column headings > % Mooring name > % RCMType RCMSerialNumber Declination > % other comments > % # > % data in columns (e.g.) > % col1: record number > % col2: eastward vel in cm/s > % col3: westward vel in cm/s > % col4: true direction in deg > % col5: speed in cm/s > % col6: insitu Temperature in deg C > % col7: insitu salinity in psu (if present) > % col8: pressure in dbar (if present) > % col9: insitu conductivity mmho/cm > > SBE data format: > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Seabird SBE16 data from Chukchi Sea Autumn 1990 - Autumn 1991 > % (see meta data for notes) > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Data format: > % serial number > % latdeg latmin longdeg longmin (+ve=N and E, -ve = S and W) > % starttime (dd mm yy hh mm ss ms) time interval in s > % (NOTE time interval is nominal - see meta data for clock drift) > % water depth /m > % instrument depth /m > % data column headings > % Mooring name > % SBESerialNumber Calibrationsused (POS=post, pre=precalibration) > % other comments > % # > % data in columns (e.g.) > % col1: record number > % col2: pressure in dbar (if present) > % col3: insitu Temperature in deg C > % col4: blank column > % col5: insitu salinity in psu > % col6: potential Temperature in deg C > % col7: Sigma-0 in kg/m3 > > ADCP data format: > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Moored ADCP data by bin from Chukchi Sea Autumn 1990 - Autumn 1991 > % (see meta data for notes). > % For original data, contact NOAA/PMEL EPIC archive > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Data format: > % Bin Depth > % latdeg latmin longdeg longmin (+ve=N and E, -ve = S and W) > % starttime (dd mm yy hh mm ss ms) time interval in s > % water depth /m > % bin depth /m > % data column headings > % Data name > % Bin number > % other comments > % # > % data in columns (e.g.) > % col1: record number > % col2: eastward vel in cm/s > % col3: westward vel in cm/s > % col4: true direction in deg > % col5: speed in cm/s > % > > ADCP surface tracking data format: > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Moored ADCP surface tracking data from Chukchi Sea Autumn 1990 - Autumn 1991 > % (see meta data for notes) > % For original data, contact NOAA/PMEL EPIC archive > % ----------------------------------------------------------- > % Data format: > % Bin Depth > % latdeg latmin longdeg longmin (+ve=N and E, -ve = S and W) > % starttime (dd mm yy hh mm ss ms) time interval in s > % water depth /m > % instrument depth /m > % data column headings > % Data name > % other comments > % # > % data in columns (e.g.) > % col1: record number > % col2: eastward vel in cm/s > % col3: westward vel in cm/s > % col4: true direction in deg > % col5: speed in cm/s > % col6: insitu temperature at instrument depth in deg C > % col7: vertical vel in cm/s > % col8: velocity error in cm/s > % col9: range to surface/ice bottom in m (4 beam solution) > % col10: range to surface/ice bottom in m for Beam1 > % col11: range to surface/ice bottom in m for Beam2 > % col12: range to surface/ice bottom in m for Beam3 > % col13: range to surface/ice bottom in m for Beam4 > % col14: standard deviation of range to surface/ice bottom in m > % > > 10) Data collection problems: > Due to rotor fouling, speed data from RCMs on MA1 and MA2 > are not reliable after ca.160 days. (Compare to MA3 record.) > MF1 RCM record is only 4 months > > 11) Other related data sets: > Deployment CTD data from the RV Professor Khromov Autumn 1990 > Complementary CTD data from the OSS Surveyor Autumn 1990 > Recovery CTD data from the OSS Surveyor Autumn 1991 > For access to these data sets, contact EPIC archive at NOAA/PMEL > > 12) Conditions for use or citation: > Data freely available > Please, as a courtesy, contact the PIs before using these data > > 13) Data qualifications or warnings: > RCM data - standard Aanderaa limitations apply > - estimated accuracy 1 cm/s in speed, 5 deg in direction > - note speed data from MA1 and MA2 unreliable after ca.160 days > SBE data - standard Seabird limitations apply > - estimated accuracy 0.02 deg C and 0.0012 S/m (0.02PSU) > > 14) Grant numbers: > NOAA: Joint US/USSR Circulation Study of the Chukchi Sea > ONR: N00014-99-1-0321 > > 15) Sample repository locations: > Not applicable > > ================================================================= > FILE LISTING > ============= > = 48 data files > - 1 .readme file (this file) > - 12 .rcmdat files > - 11 .sbedat files > - 23 .adcpdat files > - 1 .stadcpdat file > = data file listing > Name Size/bytes > Chukchi90_ADCPBS.stadcpdat 2027816 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS03.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS05.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS07.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS09.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS11.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS13.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS15.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS17.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS19.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS21.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS23.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS25.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS27.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS29.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS31.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS33.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS35.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS37.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS39.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS41.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS43.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS45.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_ADCPBS47.adcpdat 773670 > Chukchi90_MA1C1823.rcmdat 605069 > Chukchi90_MA1SC521.sbedat 618956 > Chukchi90_MA2C5258.rcmdat 627149 > Chukchi90_MA2SC539.sbedat 636092 > Chukchi90_MA3C1029.rcmdat 608450 > Chukchi90_MA3SC516.sbedat 637044 > Chukchi90_MC1C6525.rcmdat 625838 > Chukchi90_MC2C1824.rcmdat 601550 > Chukchi90_MC2SC011.sbedat 617868 > Chukchi90_MC3C6558.rcmdat 610865 > Chukchi90_MC3SC015.sbedat 619704 > Chukchi90_MC4C2496.rcmdat 576296 > Chukchi90_MC4SC517.sbedat 619704 > Chukchi90_MC6C5427.rcmdat 628253 > Chukchi90_MC6SC519.sbedat 630788 > Chukchi90_ME2C5989.rcmdat 623303 > Chukchi90_ME2SC518.sbedat 619160 > Chukchi90_MF1C7491.rcmdat 191828 > Chukchi90_MF1SC538.sbedat 616304 > Chukchi90_MF2C3428.rcmdat 621629 > Chukchi90_MF2SC520.sbedat 615692 > Chukchi90_MK1C2248.rcmdat 619145 > Chukchi90_MK1SC008.sbedat 624736 > ChukchiMooringData.readme 10561 > ==========================================