NCEI Accession 7900007 contains ocean current direction and speed measurements from fixed platforms during September 1978. The National Data Buoy Center collected the data in support of the Brine Disposal project, processing it to the NODC F005 standard format. Measurements represent Eulerian current flow at fixed mooring points.
Use Cases
- Analyze temporal patterns in current direction and speed at 10-15 minute intervals for coastal hydrodynamic studies.
- Correlate water temperature and salinity data with current measurements to understand density-driven flows.
- Use reported sensor depth and water depth to model vertical current profiles near the seabed.
- Investigate relationships between recorded wind direction/speed and surface current patterns.
- Validate hydrodynamic dispersion models for brine or pollutant transport using the time-series current record.
Strengths
- Data adheres to the documented NODC F005 standard format for current meter resultants.
- Includes auxiliary environmental parameters like water temperature, salinity, and wind data alongside core current measurements.
Limitations
- Dataset covers only a single month (September 1978), limiting analysis of seasonal trends.
- Specific row count, geographic coordinates, and sensor deployment details are unknown from the description.
- Data is over 45 years old, which may limit relevance for contemporary baseline studies without recent comparisons.
Provenance
- Source
- National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), processed by NODC/NOAA NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Collected from moored current-measuring instruments (e.g., Aanderaa meters) at fixed platforms using the Eulerian method.
- Time Range
- 1978-09-01 to 1978-09-30
- Freshness
- 1978-09-30
- Geography
- null