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Shipboard navigation, meteorological, and flowthrough data collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay river plume, April 5-12, 2016

Authors: Sally J. Warner and James N. Moum

Published On: Jul 13 2017 15:42 UTC

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7266/N7KP80JS

UDI: R4.x260.000:0020

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Project Information

Funded By:
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative

Funding Cycle:
RFP-IV

Research Group:
Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)

Point of Contact

Sally Warner
Oregon State University / College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
swarner@coas.oregonstate.edu

Data Collection Period

2016-04-05 to 2016-04-12

Theme keywords

gps, air temperature, barometric pressure, gga, echosounder, relative humidity, wind direction, wind, wind speed, true wind, samos, latitude, longitude, thermosalinograph, transmissometer, fluorometer

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Abstract:

Data was collected on board the R/V Pelican during Leg 2 of the 2016 spring campaign (April 5-12, 2016) in the vicinity of the Mobile Bay river plume in the northern Gulf of Mexico. River plume fronts were observed on multiple occasions. There was also a wind event which drastically changed stratification. Data types in this collection: shipboard flowthrough, shipboard navigation, shipboard meteorological; data collected simultaneously in other collection: ADCP [R4.x260.000:0010], CTD (74 casts) [R4.x260.000:0018], Chameleon microstructure (~4000 casts) [R4.x260.000:0019], Biosonics acoustics [R4.x260.000:0022], X-Band Radar tuned to detect fronts [R4.x260.000:0021], SST, and a bow temperature/salinity chain.

Suggested Citation:

Sally J. Warner and James N. Moum. 2017. Shipboard navigation, meteorological, and flowthrough data collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Mobile Bay river plume, April 5-12, 2016. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7KP80JS

Publications:

Greer, A., Shiller, A., Hofmann, E., Wiggert, J., Warner, S., … Graham, W. (2018). Functioning of Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems and Implications for Oil Spill Response: From Observations to Mechanisms and Models. Oceanography, 31(3). doi:10.5670/oceanog.2018.302

Purpose:

While underway, the RV Pelican collects numerous underway data streams using the Scientific Computer Stream (SCS) allowing real time knowledge of ship navigation, water flow-through temperature and salinity, and meteorological data.

Data Parameters and Units:

SHIPBOARD NAVIGATION: latitude, longitude; SHIPBOARD METEOROLOGICAL: Air-Temperature (°C), wind speed (m/s), wind direction (deg); SHIPBOARD FLOWTHROUGH: temperature near surface (°C), salinity near surface (psu), fluorometer near surface, Date (MM/DD/YYYYY HH:MM:SS.SS), trimble cog (deg), trimble sog (knots), Samos cog (deg), Samos sog (knots), Samos heading (deg), Sperry heading (deg), pressure (mbar), Fluorescence (ug/L), Transmissometer (volt or %), relative humidity (%), Depth (m), Conductivity (S/m)

Methods:

Raw text files for each data stream are uploaded along with a DeviceConfiguration file. For more information about SCS on UNOLS vessels see: https://www.unols.org/sites/default/files/scs_46_userguide_2013.pdf