1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 14551

Dataset description: UFK14ArgE306E1495aqd-trm.zip

Ocean currents profile time series (.nc) from site S1 (E306) and S2 (1495).
Keywordstides (oceanic), ocean currents
Data typesCurrent
FormatnetCDF
Comments:
Two SonTek Argonaut-XR current profilers

Contacts

Contact
Legna M Torres-Garcia
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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/F7VD6XBF
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/spcmsc/UFK14ArgE306E1495aqd-trm_metadata.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2014-333-FAAcoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) is a hydroacoustic current meter similar to a sonar, attempting to measure water current velocities over a depth range using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from particles within the water column.