South Atlantic Ocean Temperature and Pressure Data from Moored Current Meters, 1986-1987

Temperature and pressure data were collected from moored current meter casts in the South Atlantic Ocean from January 27, 1986 to April 15, 1987. The data were submitted by Texas A&M University as part of the Abyssal Boundary Current Studies project and processed by NODC to the standard Current Meter Data format. This format includes time series measurements of ocean currents, typically reported at 10-15 minute intervals.

Use Cases

• Modeling abyssal boundary current dynamics based on the time series current vector components (u, v).
• Analyzing correlations between water temperature and pressure at fixed sensor depths.
• Studying temporal variability in oceanographic conditions based on the 10-15 minute measurement intervals.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 15-month time period from 1986-01-27 to 1987-04 15.
• Data is processed to a documented standard format (NODC F015), which includes station metadata like position and sensor depth.
• The description specifies the data includes east-west (u) and north-south (v) current vector components.

Limitations

• Last updated 1987-04-15 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Texas A&M University, processed by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Collection Method

Collected using moored current meter casts (Eulerian method) as part of the Abyssal Boundary Current Studies (ABCS) project.

Time Range

1986-01-27 to 1987-04-15

Freshness

Data collection ended in 1987.

Geography

South Atlantic Ocean