Current Meter Data Report, Ulleung Basin of Japan/East Sea

Abstract

Observations were conducted from June 1999 to July 2001 to study shallow and deep current variability in the southwest Japan/East sea. Data were collected during the field experiment with a two-dimensional array of pressure-gauge equipped inverted echo sounders (PIES) and deep recording current meters (RCM). This report documents the current meter data, which were collected with an array of 12 moorings that was in place for the two-year period. Instrument preparation, calibration and deployment/recovery procedures, plus data processing procedures are discussed. Basic statistics of the cleaned hourly data and forty-hour low passed filtered time series are presented, followed by time series of the currents and temperatures measured by the Aanderaa current meters. The final section shows plots of mean current vectors and variance ellipses as well as histograms of current speed and direction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA484143

Entities

People

  • Dennis Randolph Watts
  • Jeff Book
  • Karen L. Tracey
  • Mark Wimbush
  • William J. Teague
  • Yongsheng Xu

Organizations

  • University of Rhode Island

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Calibration
  • Clocks
  • Coefficients
  • Data Centers
  • Data Processing
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Order Statistics
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Rhode Island
  • Sonar
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.