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Western Boundary Time Series data - 1982 onwards

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General  
Data holding centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
Time period1982 onwards
OngoingYes
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.

OriginatorsAtlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
British Oceanographic Data Centre
Data web sitehttp://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/wbts/data.php
Availability 
OrganisationBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
AvailabilityUnrestricted
ContactPolly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team)
Address

British Oceanographic Data Centre
Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5DA
United Kingdom

Telephone+44 (0)782 512 0946
Emailenquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1048_WesternBoundary_TimeSeries
Global identifier6336
Last revised2021-04-21