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South Florida Program Mooring Deployment #3

Dates: Nov 1996 - Apr 1997

Current and temperature data

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

click here for description of ASCII data format

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	FB4301 Mid Bay	24 55.78N	81 05.59W	4.3	3	NWCM 2	11/7/1996	4/24/1997	hit on Nov 17
raw 3hlp 40hlp	FB4302 Mid Bay	24 55.78N	81 05.59W	4.3	4.3	Seabird Tide Gauge	11/7/1996	4/24/1997	good
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Continental Shelf CS6301	25 10.01N	81 21.52W	8	6	NWCM 2	11/7/1996	4/24/1997	found on btm; hit Nov 13
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Continental Shelf CS14301	25 10.04N	81 43.53W	14	5	NWCM 2	11/7/1996	4/24/1997	found on btm; hit Nov 16
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Continental Shelf CS14302	25 10.04N	81 43.53W	14	14	NTG	11/7/1996		???
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Tennessee Reef T1801	24 .7383N	81.7770W	30	7	NWCM 2	11/8/1996		Lost
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Tennessee Reef T1802	24.7383N	81.7770W	30	27	NWCM 1	11/8/1996	4/25/1997	ok
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Tennessee Reef T1803	24.7383N	81.7770W	30	30	Seabird Tide Gauge	11/8/1996	4/25/1997	good
raw 3hlp 40hlp	Looe Key Reef L1801	24 32.514	81 24.127	30	7	NWCM1	12/16/1996	4/25/1997	ok

Instrument Types

NWCM - Niskin Wing Current Meters

1 - MKI - speed, direction, temperature

2 - MKII - [in non-averaging mode] - speed, direction, temperature

3- MKII - [in vector averaging mode] - speed, direction, temperature, conductivity

NTG - Niskin Tide Gauge

Niskin Wing Current Meter Configuration

NWCM MK II ---- Instrument serial numbers greater than 300

Parameters: Vector averaged velocity components, water temperature, conductivity

Sampling configuration: Vector averaging mode with switch settings:

20 minute sample interval

16 readings/burst

2 sec burst interval

Measurement = one sample taken every 20 minutes, vector averaged over 32 seconds

NWCM MK I ----- Instrument serial numbers less than 300

Parameters: Current speed, current direction, water temperature

Sampling configuration: Non-averaging mode with switch settings:

60 minute sample interval

4 readings/burst

2.6 second burst interval

Measurement = Four samples once every hour recorded over a period of 10.4 seconds

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