New York Bight Current Meter Data from 1975

A 1975 time series of ocean current direction and speed measurements collected from fixed platforms between February 24 and May 1. The National Ocean Service gathered this data for the MESA New York Bight project, processed by NODC to the F005 standard format.

Use Cases

• Analyzing tidal and wind-driven current patterns using reported current direction and speed values at 10-15 minute intervals.
• Correlating water temperature and salinity measurements with current speed to study density-driven flows.
• Investigating wave-current interactions using concurrent data on dominant wave direction, height, and period.
• Validating Eulerian current models using sensor depth, water depth, and position data from fixed mooring stations.

Strengths

• Time-series data reported at high-frequency 10-15 minute intervals.
• Includes multiple concurrent environmental parameters like temperature, salinity, and wave data.

Limitations

• Limited temporal coverage spanning only approximately 2 months in 1975.
• Specific sample size (row count) and geographic coordinates are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), originally from the National Ocean Service (NOS).

Collection Method

Collected from fixed platforms using moored current-measuring instruments, principally Aanderaa current meters.

Time Range

1975-02-24 to 1975-05-01

Freshness

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Geography

New York Bight coastal region (North Atlantic Ocean, U.S. Northeast coast).