gov.noaa.nodc:0248354 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 2026-07-14T13:56:35Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, and CURRENT VELOCITIES collected from a long-term FOCAL mooring in the Gulf of Mexico from 2007-10-01 to 2016-08-19 (NCEI Accession 0248354) 2022-02-23 publication 2022-02-18 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0248354 NCEI Archive Management System 0248354 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 Deborah LeBel Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) deborah.lebel@tamucc.edu https://www.harteresearch.org/ HTTPS Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) https://www.tamucc.edu/ HTTPS Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Brian Dzwonkowski Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) briandz@disl.org https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator Grant Lockridge Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information collaborator Jeffrey W. Book US Navy/Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis MS jeffrey.w.book.civ@us.navy.mil collaborator Mimi Tzeng University of Auckland mtzeng@disl.org collaborator Kyeong Park Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information collaborator Frank Hernandez The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) frank.hernandez@usm.edu http://www.usm.edu/ HTTP The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) website Institution web page information pointOfContact Dzwonkowski, Brian Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author Lockridge, Grant Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author Book, Jeff US Navy; Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis MS jeffrey.w.book.civ@us.navy.mil author Hernandez, Frank The University of Southern Mississippi http://www.usm.edu/ HTTP The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) website Institution web page information author Tzeng, Mimi University of Auckland mtzeng@disl.org author Park, Kyeong Dauphin Island Sea Lab https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information author US Navy/Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis MS contributor Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) https://www.disl.edu/ HTTPS Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) website Institution web page information contributor The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) http://www.usm.edu/ HTTP The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This dataset contains temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and current velocities obtained from the long-term Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) mooring operated by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL). The mooring is located at 30°05.410'N, 88°12.694'W, along the 20-m isobath about 25 km southwest of Mobile Bay, Alabama. This dataset contains non-continuous data collected between 2007-10-01 and 2016-08-19 using a variety of instruments, including thermistors, CTDs, and a bottom-mounted, upward-looking RDI 600 Workhorse Sentinel ADCP. Parameters include temperature; salinity; current vectors, speeds, and direction; dissolved oxygen and oxygen saturation; and sound velocity, although not all datasets contain each parameter. The data are in ASCII format, and the raw ADCP data is also included. Data were collected from a long-term mooring operated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) to enable physical and interdisciplinary studies of circulation, hydrography, and the biophysical interactions associated with the inner shelf of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) Funding Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative 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:0248354 Preview graphic PNG 0248354 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2022-02-09 publication CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT SPEED CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - OBSERVATION DISSOLVED OXYGEN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION SALINITY SOUND VELOCITY WATER DENSITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS ADCP CTD - moored CTD multi-parameter water quality sensor oxygen sensor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Dauphin Island Sea Lab The University of Southern Mississippi US Navy/Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis MS dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (DWH) Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information & Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Coastal Waters of Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium (MESC) Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE) project Provider Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science 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. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian specific conductance theme Provider Keywords ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument 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. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian T1E3FW Send2NCEI Submission Package ID accessLevel: public otherRestrictions Cite as: Dzwonkowski, Brian; Lockridge, Grant; Book, Jeff; Hernandez, Frank; Tzeng, Mimi; Park, Kyeong (2022). TEMPERATURE, SALINITY, and CURRENT VELOCITIES collected from a long-term FOCAL mooring in the Gulf of Mexico from 2007-10-01 to 2016-08-19 (NCEI Accession 0248354). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0248354. Accessed [date]. Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives. otherRestrictions 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. Brian Dzwonkowski, Grant Lockridge, and Jeff Book. (2016). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring Dissolved Oxygen Data (Summer 2016) [Dataset]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7qv3jxd 2016 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7266/n7qv3jxd https://doi.org/10.7266/n7qv3jxd HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7266/n7qv3jxd GRIIDC Data Webpage UDI: R4.x260.204:0033 information Brian Dzwonkowski, Grant Lockridge, and Jeff Book author Harte Research Institute publisher tableDigital crossReference project Brian Dzwonkowski, Mimi Tzeng, and Grant Lockridge. (2015). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring Data (Fall 2015) [Dataset]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n73f4mq6 2015 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7266/n73f4mq6 https://doi.org/10.7266/n73f4mq6 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7266/n73f4mq6 GRIIDC Data Webpage UDI: R4.x260.204:0034 information Brian Dzwonkowski, Mimi Tzeng, and Grant Lockridge author Harte Research Institute publisher tableDigital crossReference project Brian Dzwonkowski and Kyeong Park. (2007). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) salinity data from mooring (Fall 2007) [Dataset]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n7wh2njf 2007 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7266/n7wh2njf https://doi.org/10.7266/n7wh2njf HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7266/n7wh2njf GRIIDC Data Webpage UDI: R4.x260.000:0094 information Brian Dzwonkowski and Kyeong Park author Harte Research Institute publisher tableDigital crossReference project Brian Dzwonkowski, Kyeong Park, and Mimi Tzeng. (2011). Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring data, January, April, and May 2011 [Dataset]. Harte Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7266/n77s7ktz 2011 publication International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.7266/n77s7ktz https://doi.org/10.7266/n77s7ktz HTTPS https://doi.org/10.7266/n77s7ktz GRIIDC Data Webpage UDI: Y1.x014.000:0003 information Brian Dzwonkowski, Kyeong Park, and Mimi Tzeng author Harte Research Institute publisher tableDigital crossReference project eng; USA utf8 environment oceans -88.211567 -88.211566 30.090167 30.090167 2007-10-01 2016-08-19 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. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. 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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 0248354 v1.1 was published. 2022-02-23T16:06:28Z NCEI Accession 0248354 v1.1 publication https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0248354/1.1 HTTPS NCEI Accession 0248354 v1.1 published 2022-02-23T16:06:28Z download dataset Parameter or Variable: HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE (measured); Units: dbar; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - specific model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaBird SBE25, SeaBird SBE19+ Parameter or Variable: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: degrees C; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: temperature probe, CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RBR Duo, SBE-37 CTD, SBE-39 thermistor Parameter or Variable: CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: Siemens/m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: SeaBird SBE37 Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: psu; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Sea-Bird SBE37 Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED OXYGEN (measured); Units: mL/L; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: oxygen sensor; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RBR Duo (membrane sensor, 1 Hz), HOBO U26-001 (optical sensor, 0.5 Hz), YSI 6600 (1 sample/60s) Parameter or Variable: OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION (measured); Units: %; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: oxygen sensor; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RBR Duo (membrane sensor, 1 Hz), HOBO U26-001 (optical sensor, 0.5 Hz), YSI 6600 (1 sample/60 seconds) Parameter or Variable: HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE (measured); Units: dbar; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Seabird SBE-37 Parameter or Variable: SOUND VELOCITY (measured); Units: m/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Seabird SBE-37, Chen-Millero Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - OBSERVATION (measured); Units: meters; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Seabird SBE-37 Parameter or Variable: specific conductance (measured); Units: micro-siemens/cm; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: CTD - moored CTD; Sampling and Analyzing Method: Seabird SBE-37 Parameter or Variable: WATER DENSITY (measured); Units: kg/m^3; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: YSI - handheld multi-parameter instrument; Sampling and Analyzing Method: moored YSI 6600 Parameter or Variable: CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RDI 600 kHz ADCP Workhorse Sentinel Parameter or Variable: CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RDI 600 kHz ADCP Workhorse Sentinel Parameter or Variable: CURRENT SPEED (measured); Units: cm/s; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RDI 600 kHz ADCP Workhorse Sentinel Parameter or Variable: CURRENT DIRECTION (measured); Units: angular degree; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RDI 600 kHz ADCP Workhorse Sentinel Parameter or Variable: DEPTH - BOTTOM (measured); Units: m; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: ADCP; Sampling and Analyzing Method: RDI 600 kHz ADCP Workhorse Sentinel 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 - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD multi-parameter water quality sensor multi-parameter water quality sensor used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters Instrument used to measure temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters, often used to measure water quality parameters. Can be a hand-held instrument or a sonde for unattended monitoring. Often used in coastal water monitoring stations. YSI is the preeminent brand (as of 2024). oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound.