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Florida Bay North Central Basin Transport Study

Florida Bay North Central Basin Transport Study (Whipray).

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Deployment Period #1 Dry Season

Mar 28 2001 – Jul 19 2001

Current temperature and salinity data

For all data time series data files in this deployment -  download .zip file here

TSG surveys

Temperature and Salinity

Whipray_tsg_03_28_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_03_29_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_04_14_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_05_05_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_05_15_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_06_14_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_06_15_2001.txt

Whipray_tsg_07_16_2001.txt

Mooring Stations

Currents (Sontek Argonaut SL Acoustic Current Meters)

Temperature and Salinity (SeaBird SBE 37 Microcat)

raw - data edited for data spikes, calibrated and checked for time and geographic continuity
3hlp - 3 hour lowpass filtered data from edited time series
40hlp - 40 hour lowpass (de-tided) filtered data from the 3hlp time series

Current components - U + toward east; V + toward north

Download Data	Mooring	Latitude N	Longitude W	Water Depth	Instr Depth	Instr Type	Deploy Date	Recovery Date	Data Quality
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Dump Keys	25.1156 N	-80.7731 W	2 m	1 m	SBE37- NO. 0151	03 26 2001	07 23 2001	T, S, Cond. OK
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Dump Keys	25.1156 N	-80.7731 W	2 m	1 m	Sontek EE 59	03 27 2001	07 19 2001	Along Channel Current 3HLP Transducer dir: 0M Avg Int: 120 sec
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Topsy Key	25.0383 N	-80.7622 W	2 m	1 m	SBE37- NO. 0149	03 26 2001	07 23 2001	T, S, Cond. OK
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Topsy Key	25.0383 N	-80.7622 W	2 m	1 m	Sontek EE 55	03 26 2001	07 23 2001	Along Channel Current 3HLP Transducer dir: 100M Avg Int: 120 sec
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Twisty Mile	25.0985 N	-80.7088 W	2 m	1 m	SBE37- NO. 0154	03 26 2001	07 23 2001	T, S, Cond. OK
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Twisty Mile	25.0985 N	-80.7088 W	2 m	1 m	Sontek EE 58	03 26 2001	07 23 2001	Along Channel Current 3HLP Transducer dir: 270M Avg Int: 120 sec
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Mid Whipray	25.1166 N	-80.7333 W	2 m	2 m	SEACAT NO. 1000	03 25 2001	07 24 2001	T, S, Pres. OK
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Dragover	25.1833 N	-80.6277 W	2 m	2 m	SEACAT NO. 0998	03 25 2001	07 24 2001	T, S, Pres. OK

Instrument Type

Type	Name	Parameters Recorded
Microcat	Seabird microcat	Time, temperature, conductivity
Seacat	Seabird Seacat	Time, pressure, temperature, conductivity
Sontek	Acoustic current meter	2-D components of current in the selected water column and water temperature at instrument depth

 Data for Whipray Basin Moorings

Instrument: modified Sontek Argonaut MD (2-beam, side looking)

Sampling Interval: 10 minutes for all raw current data

All current data were rotated along the channel and the along-channel (in and out of basin) transport computed.

From geographic coordinates, the along channel rotations for +v into basin:

dump 73 degrees

croc 246 degrees

twisty 349 degrees

topsy 305 degrees

Transport in the Channels

Whipray (Dry 2001) Along Channel Transport 3 hour low pass filtered

Whipray (Dry 2001) Along Channel Transport 40 hour low pass filtered

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