Ocean Current Meter Data from Fixed Platforms for Brine Disposal Study

NCEI Accession 8000049 contains ocean current direction and speed measurements from fixed platforms, collected by the National Data Buoy Center. Data were processed to the NODC F005 standard format, covering a three-month period from October 1979 to January 1980. The dataset supports the specific Brine Disposal project.

Use Cases

• Analyze current direction and speed time series to model coastal circulation patterns.
• Correlate water temperature and salinity measurements with current data to study density-driven flows.
• Use wind direction and speed data to assess atmospheric forcing on near-surface currents.
• Investigate relationships between dominant wave parameters and current variability.
• Validate hydrodynamic models using Eulerian current measurements from fixed sensor depths.

Strengths

• Data conform to the documented NODC F005 standard format for current meter resultants.
• Measurements include multiple environmental parameters beyond currents, such as water temperature, salinity, and wind.
• Time series data are reported at high-frequency intervals, typically every 10-15 minutes.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally limited to a single three-month period from 1979-1980.
• Exact row count, geographic coverage, and sensor locations are unspecified.
• Data may be subject to instrument-specific averaging or filtering methods not detailed.

Provenance

Source

National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), processed by NODC/NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Eulerian method measurements from moored current-measuring instruments (e.g., Aanderaa current meters) at fixed platforms.

Time Range

1979-10-01 to 1980-01-01

Freshness

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Geography

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