Dataset: current_meter
Deployment: AII-119-5

S4 Current Meter Observations on MLML Particle Trap

Principal Investigator:

William Broenkow (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, MLML)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Cynthia L. Chandler (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

U.S. JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE)

Version:

August 1, 1995

Version Date:

1995-08-01

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/451731/data

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Description

S4 Current Meter Observations on MLML Particle Trap

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

   PI:              William Broenkow
   of:              Moss Landing Marine Laboratory (MLML)
   dataset:         S4 Current Meter Observations on MLML Particle Trap   
   dates:           May 18, 1989 to June 07, 1989
   location:        N: 59.8117  S: 46.24  W: -20.7483  E: -17.68
   project/cruise:  North Atlantic Bloom Experiment/Atlantis II 119, leg 5
   ship:            R/V Atlantis II

Deployment-specific acquisition description

   PI:              William Broenkow
   of:              Moss Landing Marine Laboratory (MLML)
   dataset:         S4 Current Meter Observations on MLML Particle Trap   
   dates:           May 18, 1989 to June 07, 1989
   location:        N: 59.8117  S: 46.24  W: -20.7483  E: -17.68
   project/cruise:  North Atlantic Bloom Experiment/Atlantis II 119, leg 5
   ship:            R/V Atlantis II

Data Processing Description

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
unknown NABE NSF	National Science Foundation

Instruments

Interocean S4 Current Meter

Supplied Name: S4 Current Meter

Supplied Description:

An S4 Current Meter (InterOcean Systems, Inc) was mounted on the MLML Particle Trap.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Interocean S4 Current Meter

Acronym: S4 Current Meter

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0154/

Generic Description:

The InterOcean S4 current meter is a basic electromagnetic current meter with two pairs of internal electrodes and a flux-gate compass with an integral data logger. The S4 current meter is designed to directly measure with high precision the true magnitude and direction of current motion using two pairs of titanium electrodes located symmetrically on the equator of the sensor. An internal flux-gate compass provides heading information, used to reference current direction to magnetic North or, for fixed installations, the instrument may be operated in an X-Y orthogonal mode whereby the current vector can be referenced to a landform or structure. For more info, see www.interoceansystems.com/s4main.htm.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date	Date of S4 time series, as YYYYMMDD		date
curr_vel_east_abs	Absolute Velocity East (U) Component, sum S4 relative + mooring	cm/sec	no_bcodmo_term
curr_speed_abs	Absolute Current Speed, sum S4 relative + mooring	cm/sec	curr_speed_abs
moor_vel_north	Mooring Velocity North (V) Component	cm/sec	v
moor_vel_east	Mooring Velocity East (U) Component	cm/sec	u
moor_speed	Mooring Speed	cm/sec	curr_speed_abs
curr_north	Relative Current North (V) Component, measured by S4 at 160 m	cm/sec	curr_north
curr_east	Relative Current East (U) Component, measured by S4 at 160 m	cm/sec	curr_east
curr_speed	Relative Current Speed, measured by S4 at 160 m	cm/sec	curr_speed_rel
curr_vel_north_abs	Absolute Velocity North (V) Component, sum S4 relative + mooring	cm/sec	no_bcodmo_term
press	Pressure	decibars	press
lat	North Latitude of Trap Mooring	decimal degrees	lat
lon	West Longitude of Trap Mooring	decimal degrees	lon
temp	Temperature	degrees C	temp
curr_dir_abs	Absolute Current Direction, sum S4 + mooring	degrees Magnetic	curr_dir_abs
moor_dir	Mooring Direction	degrees Magnetic	curr_dir_abs
curr_dir	Relative Current Direction measured by S4 at 160 m	degrees Magnetic	curr_dir_rel
time_dec	Time of day of S4 time series	GMT decimal hours	no_bcodmo_term
time_gmt	Time from Midnight 22 April 1989	GMT decimal hours	time_gmt

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