Hood Canal and Puget Sound Moored Buoy Data 1980

Moored buoy data collected in Hood Canal and Puget Sound from February 8 to April 10, 1980. The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) gathered physical oceanographic measurements including temperature, salinity, pressure, conductivity, and current velocity components. This dataset provides a historical snapshot of coastal water properties and circulation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temperature and salinity profiles to study water column stratification in Hood Canal.
• Calculating current speed and direction to model circulation patterns in Puget Sound.
• Correlating zonal and meridional current velocity components with local wind or tidal forcing.
• Using pressure data to infer water depth and tidal stage at the mooring locations.
• Examining conductivity measurements alongside salinity to assess data quality and sensor performance.

Strengths

• Data collection covers a continuous two-month period from February to April 1980.
• Measurements include multiple core physical oceanographic variables from moored instruments.
• Dataset is curated and hosted by authoritative organizations (NOAA NCEI, PMEL).

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the 'last updated' date (1980-04-10 vs. 2026-03-05), creating uncertainty about metadata maintenance.
• License information is not available, restricting clarity on reuse permissions.

Provenance

Source

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Collected from instruments on moored buoys.

Time Range

1980-02-08 to 1980-04-10

Freshness

2026-03-05 23:21:11.381451

Geography

Hood Canal and Puget Sound, Washington, USA.