FRS Marine Lab Aberdeen NE Atlantic ADCP Data (1994 onwards)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | 1994 onwards |
| Ongoing | Yes |
| Geographical area | Faroe-Shetland Channel, North South Faroe |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents); Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Water temperature sensor; current profilers |
| Description | |
| Summary | The self contained ADCP data files archived are; binary data files downloaded from the instruments; Marine Laboratory Aberdeen (MLA) ADCP standard formatted files created by in-house software; MLA current meter standard files containing u and v components extracted at selected bin levels. To date 170 current meter formatted style files containing approximately 366000 hours of data have been extracted from ADCP data collected between 1994-1997. A standard MLA ADCP formatted file contains all those parameters listed above |
| Originators | Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory |
| Data web site | http://www.frs-scotland.gov.uk |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | Director |
| Address | Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen Marine Laboratory |
| Telephone | +44 1224 876544 |
| Facsimile | +44 (0)1224 295511 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1043013 |
| Global identifier | 619 |
| Last revised | 2009-12-02 |
