gov.noaa.nodc:0123606 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 2026-04-02T17:05:54Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Temperature, conductivity, pressure, oxygen concentration, beam attenuation, Chlorophyll-a fluorescence, current speed and direction, and particle size distribution collected from moored platform using CTD, ADCP, acoustic Doppler velocimeter, and benthic optical sensors in Monterey Bay from 2011-05-03 to 2012-10-29 (NCEI Accession 0123606) 2015-02-02 publication 2014-12-08 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0123606 NCEI Archive Management System 0123606 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 Jeffrey Sevadjian Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) jsevadjian@mlml.calstate.edu https://mlml.sjsu.edu/ HTTPS Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) https://mlml.sjsu.edu/ HTTPS Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Western Washington University (WWU) contributor Sevadjian, Jeffrey Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) jsevadjian@mlml.calstate.edu https://mlml.sjsu.edu/ HTTPS Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) website Institution web page information author Moss Landing Marine Laboratories https://mlml.sjsu.edu/ HTTPS Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) website Institution web page information author tableDigital Observational oceanographic data obtained by an autonomous moored CTD profiler, thermistor mooring, acoustic Doppler current profiler, acoustic Doppler velocimeter, and benthic frame-mounted optical sensors, from the southern shelf of Monterey Bay, California, USA, 2011-2012. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. Project funded by NSF. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) High-resolution acoustic instruments to study rapid 3D velocity fluctuations ADVs have three or more focused beams to measure with high sampling rates in a small point. They work by sending out a short acoustic pulse from the transmit element. When the pulse travels through the focus point for the receiver beams, the echo is recorded in each of the acoustic receiver elements. The echo is then processed to find the Doppler shift, the scaling is adjusted with the measured speed of sound in the liquid (hence the temperature measurement), and the velocity vector is recorded or transmitted to a PC at a rapid rate. http://www.nortek-as.com/en/products/velocimeters 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. buoy - moored buoy buoy - moored buoy a moored buoy does not measure anything. it is a platform for instruments, which do measure things. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometer (LISST) Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometer (LISST) Measures particle size in the water column. A Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometer from Sequoia Instruments measures the size distribution of particles five to 250 microns in diameter. LISST is attached to POPS and generates diagrams of the size distribution of particles and small aggregates in the water column without disturbing them by collecting them in water bottles. Particles' sizes influence their optical properties and settling dynamics, but many of the aggregates fall apart in water bottles before they can be returned to the lab and measured. thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor moorings entry created as MOORINGS OF UNITED STATES, but has been used as a generic MOORINGS entry.