©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.The data set presents in-situ current flow measurements recorded with an upward looking acoustic Doppler profiler in the West Channel of Choctawhatchee Bay near Destin, FL (Lat: 30.3925°N, Long: -86.5233°W). The water depth within the channel ranges from 3 to 7 m and varies with the tide (diurnal tide, range ~0.5 m). The Doppler profiler was positioned near the middle of the channel at approximately 4 m water depth and recorded flow velocity and directions at 0.5 m vertical intervals from 0.7 m ...
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Measurements were recorded in the West Channel of Choctawhatchee Bay near Destin, FL (Lat: 30.3925°N, Long: -86.5233°W). The channel is 130 to 180 m wide, about 2 km long and 3 to 7 m deep.
The Doppler profiler was a Nortek Acoustic Wave And Current Profiler (AWAC). The data set presents in-situ current flow measurements recorded with an upward looking acoustic Doppler profiler. The water depth within the channel ranges from 3 to 7 m and varies with the tide (diurnal tide, range 0.5 m). The Doppler profiler was positioned near the middle of the channel at approximately 4 m water depth and recorded flow velocity and directions at 0.5 m vertical intervals from 0.9 m above the bottom to 3.4 m above the bottom. The instrument heading was 114.3 degrees.
Huettel, M., Berg, P. (2025). Structure of current flow in the West Channel in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida from Jun 13 to Jun 19, 2020. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2025-11-18 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.986662.1 [access date]
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