gov.noaa.nodc:0156446 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2025-12-16T19:20:42Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Physical, chemical, geological, and biological data collected by U.S. Geological Survey from moorings in the North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea from 1975-05-08 to 2015-07-14 (NCEI Accession 0156446) 2016-09-08 publication 2016-08-29 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0156446 NCEI Archive Management System 0156446 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Richard P. 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US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center rsignell@usgs.gov http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information author US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information author tableDigital Time series datasets collected by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program from 1975 to the present. The data were collected to address specific research questions and were primarily collected over durations less than a year, using stationary platforms, with sensors near the sea floor. Some of the measurements span the vertical extent of the water column, but others are limited to the area less than 5 meters above the sea floor. These data have been used to study of ocean dynamics and to validate coastal ocean models. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0156446 Preview graphic PNG 0156446 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2016-08-23 publication AIR TEMPERATURE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CHLOROPHYLL CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT SPEED CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W) DEPTH - OBSERVATION dew point DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER DISSOLVED OXYGEN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE LATITUDE LONGITUDE NITRATE pH PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) RELATIVE HUMIDITY SALINITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SEDIMENT - GRAIN SIZE SHORTWAVE RADIATION - REFLECTED SIGMA-THETA SOUND VELOCITY turbidity WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE DIRECTION WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WIND DIRECTION WIND GUST WIND SPEED theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP CTD CTD - moored CTD current meter meteorological sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological chemical geological physical profile sediment analysis time series theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS moorings platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Adriatic Sea Coastal Waters of Alabama Coastal Waters of Louisiana Gulf of Mexico Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Mediterranean Sea Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOI/USGS/CMG/WHSC > Woods Hole Science Center, Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. eng; USA utf8 environment oceans geoscientificInformation climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -168.50383 13.879545 16.626333 43.843666 1975-05-08 2015-07-14 Some of these data sets have been previously submitted in the following accessions: 0049879, 0052766, 0053940, 0053941, 0058714, 0066005, 0066007, 0066008, 0066097, 0066098, 0066099, 0067553, 0067554, 0067555, 0067557, 0067570, 0067572 0067573, 0067576, 0067577, 0067568, 0042026, 0049880, 0053671, 0054154, 0056730, 0060062, 0061443, 0061458, 0066009, 0066107, 0066109, 0066110, 0066111, 0067556, 0067558,0067569, 0067571, 0067574, 0067575, and 0054153. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information +1-301-713-3277 ncei.info@noaa.gov pointOfContact In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. 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You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). download dataset NCEI Accession 0156446 v1.1 was published. 2016-09-08T15:16:50Z NCEI Accession 0156446 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0156446/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0156446 v1.1 published 2016-09-08T15:16:50Z download asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD current meter current meter current meter meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. moorings entry created as MOORINGS OF UNITED STATES, but has been used as a generic MOORINGS entry.