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Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) acoustic doppler wave and current profiler data 2018-06-21 to 2019-05-15 (NCEI Accession 0211052)

Metadata Updated: February 1, 2025

This dataset contains the current velocity throughout the water column from an Nortek Acoustic Doppler Wave and Current profiler (AWAC). This dataset is from a small coastal ocean observing system 25 kilometers southwest of the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama (30.0902 N 88.2116 W), that the Dauphin Island Sea Lab has been operating. The instrument was in a bottom mounted upward looking trawl resistant housing in 20 m of water. Note the wave measurement component was not turned on for the deployment. This data is a subset of the regularly maintained FOCAL mooring. The deployment period was from June 21, 2018 to May 15, 2019. The instrument sampled the water column at 0.5 m bins for 5 minutes (i.e., 5 min average) every 20 min. Bin depth locations as well as all needed information is in the header file (Dump.hdr).

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Metadata Date 2024-09-17T19:19:52Z
Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2025
Reference Date(s) July 8, 2020 (publication)
Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date 2024-09-17T19:19:52Z
Metadata Created Date December 4, 2020
Metadata Updated Date February 1, 2025
Reference Date(s) July 8, 2020 (publication)
Responsible Party (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.nodc:0211052
Access Constraints Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Lockridge, Grant (2020). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) acoustic doppler wave and current profiler data 2018-06-21 to 2019-05-15 (NCEI Accession 0211052). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/h8bd-mt38. Accessed [date]., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
Bbox East Long -88.2116
Bbox North Lat 30.0902
Bbox South Lat 30.0902
Bbox West Long -88.2117
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update asNeeded
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Harvest Source Id c084a438-6f6b-470d-93e0-16aeddb9f513
Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
Licence accessLevel: Public
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Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-88.2117, 30.0902]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2018-06-21
Temporal Extent End 2019-05-15

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