Bering Sea Moored Current Meter Data (FOCI Project)

Moored current meter data were collected from the Bering Sea from September 12, 1995 to September 16, 1996 by the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The dataset includes East/West and North/South velocity components, current speed, direction, salinity, pressure, conductivity, and temperature. Data are self-documenting but are not in standard formats.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal current patterns based on velocity components and direction.
• Investigating relationships between water temperature, salinity, and current speed.
• Validating regional oceanographic models using in-situ pressure and conductivity measurements.

Strengths

• Provides a full year of continuous in-situ measurements from September 1995 to September 1996.
• Contains multiple synchronized physical parameters (velocity, temperature, salinity, pressure).
• Data is self-documenting, which likely includes metadata for interpretation.

Limitations

• Data are not in standard formats, requiring custom parsing.
• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and license are missing from all sources.
• There is a conflict in the project's name between 'Coordinated Investigations' and 'Cooperative Investigations'.

Provenance

Source

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Collection Method

Collected via moored current meters.

Time Range

1995-09-12 to 1996-09-16

Freshness

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Geography

Bering Sea