29 days of oceanographic data were collected from fixed platforms in coastal waters during August 2000. The Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) gathered this data to support the Fisheries-Oceanography Cooperative Investigations (FOCI) project. Measurements include CTD profiles and current meter readings.
Use Cases
- Analyzing temperature and salinity profiles from CTD data to study water column stratification.
- Calculating current speed and direction from East/West (U) and North/South (V) velocity components.
- Investigating relationships between turbidity measurements and other environmental parameters.
- Correlating instrument orientation data (heading, pitch, roll) with current flow patterns.
- Examining sound velocity and pressure data for acoustic or depth-related studies.
Strengths
- Data includes multiple sensor types (CTD and current meters) for cross-validation.
- Self-documented format provides inherent metadata.
Limitations
- Limited temporal coverage to a single month (August 2000).
- Data is not in standard formats, requiring custom parsing.
- Sample size and geographic scope are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) via NOAA NCEI.
- Collection Method
- Collected from CTD and current meters deployed on fixed platforms.
- Time Range
- 01 August 2000 to 29 August 2000.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Coastal Waters of Washington/Oregon and other unspecified locations.