New York Bight Ocean Current Measurements from 1979

NOAA's National Ocean Service collected ocean current direction and speed data from fixed platforms in the New York Bight. The dataset covers a 45-day period from March 12 to April 25, 1979. Data were processed to the NODC standard F005 format for current meter resultants.

Use Cases

• Analyzing current direction and speed time series to model tidal and wind-driven circulation in the New York Bight.
• Correlating water temperature and salinity measurements with current patterns to study water mass properties.
• Using reported wind direction and speed data to investigate wind stress forcing on surface currents.
• Examining wave direction, height, and period records alongside current data for coastal hydrodynamic studies.

Strengths

• Data collected using standardized Aanderaa current meters and processed to a documented NODC format (F005).
• Includes auxiliary environmental parameters like water temperature, salinity, and wind data alongside core current measurements.
• Time-series data reported at high-frequency intervals, typically every 10-15 minutes.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a single 45-day period in 1979, not suitable for long-term trend analysis.
• Geographic coverage is confined to specific fixed platform locations in the New York Bight area.
• The exact number of stations, rows of data, and completeness of auxiliary parameters are unknown.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Data collected from moored current-measuring instruments (Aanderaa current meters) at fixed platforms using the Eulerian measurement method.

Time Range

1979-03-12 to 1979-04-25

Freshness

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Geography

New York Bight (coastal ocean area off New York and New Jersey), from fixed platforms.