Abstract:

This dataset contains microstructure profiler data collected in December 2013 in Choctawhatchee Bay. This dataset reports turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rates, pressure, raw velocity, and velocity profiles. Data were collected with a Rockland Scientific Vertical Microstructure profiler deployed in upriser mode. The TKE dissipation rates were calculated from the velocity shear spectrum following the method of Lueck et al. (2002) Ocean velocity microstructure measurements in the 20th century, Jpn. J. Oceanogr., 58, 153–174.

Suggested Citation:

Kimberly Huguenard. 2016. Dataset for: On the nature of the frontal zone of the Choctawhatchee Bay plume in the Gulf of Mexico. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N73776Q9

Publications:

Huguenard, K. D., Bogucki, D. J., Ortiz-Suslow, D. G., Laxague, N. J. M., MacMahan, J. H., Özgökmen, T. M., … Graber, H. (2016). On the nature of the frontal zone of the Choctawhatchee Bay plume in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, n/a–n/a. doi:10.1002/2015jc010988

Huguenard, K. D., Bogucki, D. J., Ortiz-Suslow, D. G., & MacMahan, J. H. (2020). Nearshore response to cold air outbreaks in the Gulf of Mexico. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 235, 106604. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106604

Purpose:

To quantify mixing processes in river plumes

Data Parameters and Units:

This data includes profiles of turbulence kinetic energy dissipation rates (m^2/s^3), pressure (db), raw velocity shear (1/s), velocity profiles (m/s), latitude, longitude, time fraction of hr (UTC)

Instruments:

These data were collected with a Rockland Scientific Vertical Microstructure profiler deployed in upriser mode. The TKE dissipation rates were calculated from the velocity shear spectrum following the method of Lueck et al. (2002)

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