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Western Boundary Time Series data - 1982 onwards
Data set information
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General | |
Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Time period | 1982 onwards |
Ongoing | Yes |
Geographical area | Florida Straits, Northwest Providence Channel and East of Abaco Island, Bahamas |
Observations | |
Parameters | Vertical spatial coordinates; Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column; Density of the water column |
Instruments | Inverted echosounders; submarine cables; CTD |
Description | |
Summary | This dataset consists of daily Florida Current transport measurements, Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) and Oxygen profiles and moored Inverted Echo Sounder (IES) travel time data. The data form part of the Western Boundary Time Series (WBTS) project. The data have been collected since 1982 in the Florida Straits, Northwest Providence Channel and eastwards of Abaco Island, Bahamas. The Florida Current transport measurements are made using a submarine telephone cable plus calibration cruises and the CTD, oxygen profiles and IES data are collected using dedicated research ship time and moorings. The data are collected in order to monitor variability of the transport carried by the Deep Western Boundary Current. The project is led by scientists at the Physical Oceanography Division of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. Data are held at the British Oceanographic Data Centre. |
Originators | Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Data web site | http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/wbts/data.php |
Availability | |
Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Availability | Unrestricted |
Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Telephone | +44 (0)782 512 0946 |
enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1048_WesternBoundary_TimeSeries |
Global identifier | 6336 |
Last revised | 2021-04-21 |