WHOAS : Browsing Physical Oceanography Data Sets by Issue Date

Dataset

Coastal mixing and optics moored array experiment

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1997-09) Baumgartner, Mark F. ; Anderson, Steven P.

This 5 CDROM set contains in-situ and numerical weather prediction model data collected during the Coastal Mixing and Optics (CMO) Experiment. These data were analyzed in a manuscript entitled "Evaluation of NCEP regional numerical weather prediction model surface fields over the Middle Atlantic Bight" which can be found in Postscript format on CDROM 1 in the "paper" directory. Three NWP models (the early Eta, meso Eta and RUC-1) were evaluated using in-situ meteorological observations and air-sea flux estimates from the central CMO buoy and six NDBC buoys. Based on these evaluations, gridded air-sea flux fields for use in the CMO experiment were generated from the meso Eta model surface fields. Both the original and adjusted meso Eta model surface fields can be found in this CDROM set. CDROM 1 contains all of the in-situ measurements as well as the model data extracted at each of the moored buoys. CDROM 1 also contains the AVHRR 14 km SST analysis from NCEP, the GCIP incoming surface shortwave product, plots of the 0, 3, 6 and 9 hour adjusted meso Eta forecasts for both the meteorology and air-sea fluxes and two QuickTime animations of the adjusted meso Eta model fields. CDROMs 2 and 3 contain the meso Eta model surface data acquired from NCEP archives and reformatted from GRIB to NetCDF. CDROMs 4 and 5 contain the CMO air-sea flux fields derived from the meso Eta surface fields. The source code of the program used to generate the CMO flux fields is in the "code" directory on CDROM 1.

Dataset

A data archive from Discovery 247, a process study of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow

( 2006-05-23) Price, James F.

CTD, XCP and LADCP data acquired during the June 2000 Discovery cruise 247 to Faroe Bank Channel are provided in a data archive that may be accessed by Matlab 7.X.

Dataset

CTD sections from Discovery 247, a process study of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow

( 2006-05-23) Price, James F.

CTD sections acquired during the June 2000 Discovery cruise 247 to Faroe Bank Channel are plotted in section (depth and horizontal distance) format. In all there were 17 sections run in a direction mainly across the path of the Faroe Bank Channel overflow and comprising approximately 200 stations. The CTD data have been contoured and displayed in eps format. For each section, there are displays of potential temperature, salinity, potential density and dissolved oxygen concentration. There are also maps showing the location of each section. These figures are public domain.

Dataset

Outer Cape Coastal Current Experiment (OCCC)

( 2015-11-20) Gawarkiewicz, Glen G. ; Kirincich, Anthony R.

This data was used in the preparation of a manuscript "Drivers of Spring and Summer Variability in the Coastal Ocean Offshore of Cape Cod, MA." submitted for publication to the Journal of Geophysical Research. The work describes the drivers of spring and summer variability within the coastal ocean east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a critical link between the Gulf of Maine and Mid-Atlantic Bight, are investigated using two years of shipboard and moored hydrographic and velocity observations from 2010 and 2011. Converted to netCDF via MATLAB by A. Kirincich

Dataset

Inner shelf lateral exchange

( 2016-05-20) Kirincich, Anthony R.

This data was collected by Kirincich as part of ongoing studies examining the spatial variability of the mechanisms and process that lead to the exchange of water masses across the inner part of the continental shelf. The data consists of estimates of the near-surface horizontal (East and North) ocean currents made via High Frequency (HF) radar-based remote sensing of the ocean backscatter spectrum. The dataset spans an 18-month period from February 2011 to August 2012. The effective measurement depth of the WHOI HF radars is 0.5 m below the ocean surface.

Dataset

Compiled temperature, salinity, density, and in-situ velocity sections along the north-east Chukchi Shelfbreak

( 2016-07-26) Corlett, W. Bryce ; Pickart, Robert S.

This data was compiled from June-Aug. 2014, and covers all historical hydrography in the north-east Chukchi shelfbreak region with in-situ velocity measurements available at the time of compilation. All data is provided as collected, and the velocity data has been detided by the Oregon State University tidal inversion software (see Padman and Erofeeva, 2004). Nine of the total 46 sections required detiding (see ‘chukchi_data_sources.pdf’), and seven of these nine required additional quality control to remove ship velocities from the record. Overall, the record extends from May 2002 through July 2014. Seasonally, the data is limited to May through October, with data from May through June only available from 2002-4. In addition, there is an absence of data between 2004 and 2009, restricting interannual analyses to be comparisons between the early (2002-4) and late (2009-14) regimes.

Dataset

Marthas Vineyard Coastal Observatory HF radar surface currents

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography, 2017-02-23) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Lentz, Steven J.

Observations of the vertical structure of velocity and hydrography were made at 9 locations within the study area, spanning water depths of 12 to 25 m, 1.5 to 11.5 km offshore. At each location, a surface mooring supported 4 to 7 SBE-37 MicroCats measuring temperature and conductivity (CT) throughout the water column. A nearby bottom lander supported an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) sampling water column velocities using vertical bins of 0.25 to 1 m and sample rates of 0.33-1 Hz. Moorings A,B,C, and F were deployed continuously from June 9th to December 4th while moorings E and I were deployed for 2 shorter time periods due to the constraints of a collaborative field program. The ADCP at mooring D was snagged by a trawler in mid-June and redeployed on August 5th. Mooring G is the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory's (MVCO's) long-term underwater node, where continuous ADCP observations have been available since 2001. Mooring H, located adjacent to the MVCO tower itself, was deployed in early August.

Dataset

Inner shelf lateral exchange

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Physical Oceanography, 2017-02-23) Kirincich, Anthony R. ; Lentz, Steven J.

HF radar surface currents data was collected by Kirincich as part of ongoing studies examining the spatial variability of the mechanisms and process that lead to the exchange of water masses across the inner part of the continental shelf. The data consists of estimates of the near-surface horizontal (East and North) ocean currents made via High Frequency (HF) radar-based remote sensing of the ocean backscatter spectrum. The dataset spans an 18-month period from February 2011 to August 2012. The effective measurement depth of the WHOI HF radars is 0.5 m below the ocean surface.

Dataset

Eddy diffusivity from Argo temperature and salinity profiles

( 2018-04-10) Cole, Sylvia T. ; Wortham, Cimarron J. L. ; Kunze, Eric ; Owens, W. Brechner

Argo temperature and salinity profiles are combined with ECCO-2 velocity profiles to estimate eddy diffusivity in the upper 2000 m of the global ocean. The dataset includes relevant intermediate parameters (mixing length, salinity standard deviation, salinity gradient, velocity standard deviation) in addition to eddy diffusivity. The dataset is available using 1° or 3° bins.

Software

Seamount- or Lake/Basin-trapped waves with stratification, topography, mean flow and bottom friction in Matlab