Abstract:

Five Bottom moorings were deployed and collected data for approximately five months between the fall 2015 and spring 2016. The bottom moorings were instrumented with bottom mounted ADCPs, which collected time series of u, v, and w currents at discrete depth levels of 1 m or finer. The mounts for the ADCP also had a CTD sensor to collect time series of bottom temperature.

Suggested Citation:

Jeffrey Book, Sabrina M. Parra. 2017. Mixing Array Bottom Moorings from Fall 2015 to Spring 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/N79C6VGW

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

Parra, S. M., Greer, A. T., Book, J. W., Deary, A. L., Soto, I. M., Culpepper, C., … Miles, T. N. (2019). Acoustic detection of zooplankton diel vertical migration behaviors on the northern Gulf of Mexico shelf. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.11171

Parra, S. M., Sanial, V., Boyette, A. D., Cambazoglu, M. K., Soto, I. M., Greer, A. T., … Dinniman, M. S. (2020). Bonnet Carré Spillway freshwater transport and corresponding biochemical properties in the Mississippi Bight. Continental Shelf Research, 199, 104114. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2020.104114

Purpose:

Current profiles were measured to understand the current circulation in the region throughout a 6 month period.

Data Parameters and Units:

Latitude (degrees), Longitude (degrees), Time (Matlab serial date number, number of days since January 0, 0000), Depth (m), Water velocity profiles u, v, and w (m/s), Bottom temperature (degrees C), Velocity error (m/s), Echo (counts), EIA (log(counts)), Correlation (counts), Percent good (%)

Instruments:

Bottom-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler

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