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NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Protecting Texas Coastlines from Potential Oil Spills in Galveston Bay using unmanned aerial system (UAS) Surveys and Maps of a New Response Effectiveness Index: measurements of near-surface currents in Galveston Bay and Freeport, Texas 2023 to 2028

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The dataset includes UAS drone surveys of the ocean surface with corresponding measurements of near-surface ocean currents. Additionally, the following associated data are included: UTM coordinates, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements of ocean currents within the water column, CTD measurements of temperature and salinity across the water column. The data was collected at Galveston Bay (entrance channel and across the Houston ship channel inside the bay) and Freeport, Texas. This dataset will be collected over 3 initial field-testing periods followed by quarterly surveys and oil spill event-based response surveys. The UAS surveys are stored as .MOV video files and still images (JPG), and the accompanying txt files containing the processed near-surface ocean currents data. Please note that still image files will not be available for every survey. The ADCP measurements are stored as txt files, for each of the east(u), north(v) and vertical(w) components of velocity, along with the magnitude and direction. The temperature and salinity profiles are stored as CSV files. GPS data of the boat location from which some UAS surveys are conducted is stored as csv files.

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title NOAA RESTORE Science Program: Protecting Texas Coastlines from Potential Oil Spills in Galveston Bay using unmanned aerial system (UAS) Surveys and Maps of a New Response Effectiveness Index: measurements of near-surface currents in Galveston Bay and Freeport, Texas 2023 to 2028

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