Current direction and speed measurements were collected at fixed mooring points in the New York Bight coastal region. The National Ocean Service gathered this data for the MESA-NYB project between June and September 1979. Records include values at 10-15 minute intervals, with potential for additional environmental parameters.
Use Cases
- Analyze tidal and wind-driven current patterns using time-series data of current direction and speed.
- Correlate water temperature and salinity measurements with current flow variations.
- Model wave climate impacts using reported parameters for dominant wave direction, height, and period.
- Validate hydrodynamic models by comparing predicted currents with observed speed and direction at fixed sensor depths.
Strengths
- Time-series data recorded at high-frequency 10-15 minute intervals.
- Data processed to a documented standard format (NODC F005) with a public specification.
Limitations
- Dataset covers a limited temporal range of approximately three months.
- Specific row count, geographic coordinates, and sensor depths are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
- Collection Method
- Data collected from moored Aanderaa current meters at fixed platforms, using the Eulerian measurement method.
- Time Range
- 1979-06-09 to 1979-09-12
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- New York Bight coastal region.