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Casey Station current meter data: S4_211a

Entry ID: S4_211a

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Summary

Abstract: Current meter S4_211a is one of four current meters deployed off the coast of Casey Station, Australian Antarctic Territory. S4_211a was located in Shannon Bay at 66 degrees 16.727 minutes South, 110 degrees 31.434 minutes West. Further deployment details can be found in the 'Mooring Details' section of the data, as well as a 'Location Map'. The data includes: current speed components, current ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -66.0

S: -66.5

E: 111.5

W: 110.0

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
ASAC_2201

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-11-18

Stop Date: 1998-12-29

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > LONGSHORE CURRENTS

OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE

OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL CURRENTS

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Instrument

CURRENT METERS

Quality Four current meters (S4_211a, S4_211b, S4_212a, S4_212b) were deployed in the region off shore of Casey Station, in Shannon Bay and Brown Bay. These provide good coverage of the currents and water temperature in the Casey offshore area. Data are collected from current meter S4_211a, and includes speed components, current speed and current direction, displacement and water temperature. The ...

Access Constraints Data available for download at the url given below. Raw data available in excel spreadsheets, and an interactive db is also provided in the multimedia folder.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=S4_211a when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

ANTARCTICA

CASEY

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

AAD

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 14859 kb

Distribution Format: excel

Fees: Free

Personnel

MARTIN RIDDLE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3573

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: martin.riddle at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

DAVE CONNELL

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6232 3244

Fax: +61 3 6232 3351

Email: dave.connell at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-10-07

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-09

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