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Moored Currents and Temperature Data from the DeSoto Canyon, NE Gulf of Mexico
Entry ID: DeSoto_Canyon_Time_Series

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Summary
Abstract: Moored current velocity, temperature, pressure, meteorological and
tide data from a two year MMS study of DeSoto Canyon Circulation in
the northwest Gulf of Mexico. 13 moorings deployed from March 1997 to
April 1999 in water depths from 100 to 1250 m. Instrumentation
includes current meters, ADCP's and temperature sensors.
Meteorological and tide data are from public domain sources including
NDBC, NWS and NOS. The data were used to study slope eddies,
wind-forced circulation, inertial-internal waves and deep topographic
Rossby waves. The data set includes the ocean response to Hurricanes
Earle and Georges in September 1998.
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Link: GET DATA > OPENDAP DATA (DODS)
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 30.15   S: 28.5   E: -85.86   W: -89.01
Min Depth: 6 M Max Depth: 1310 M

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Hamilton, Peter
Dataset Title: DeSoto Canyon Time Series
Dataset Release Date: November 2000
Dataset Release Place: OCS MMS New Orleans, LA
Dataset Publisher: MMS/SAIC
Data Presentation Form: netcdf
Online Resource: http://www.saicocean.com
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1997-03-18
Stop Date: 1999-04-06
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Data Resolution
Vertical Resolution: 2 - 100 m
Temporal Resolution: 1 - 6 hr
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Ancillary Keywords
Originating Center
Data Center
Upper Ocean Processes Group, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://uop.whoi.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BOB WELLER
Phone: (508) 457-2000
Email: rweller at whoi.edu
Contact Address:
Upper Ocean Processes Group
Department of Physical Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Personnel
MELANIE F. MEAUX
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov
Publications/References
Alessi, C., Lentz, S., Austin, J., 1996: Coastal Ocean Processes
Inner-Shelf Study: Coastal and Moored Physical Oceanographic
Measurements, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Tech. Rep. WHOI-96-06,
Woods Hole, MA, 154 pp. (summary)

Lentz, S., R. T. Guza, S. Elgar, F. Feddersen, and T.H.C. Herbers,
Momentum balances on the North Carolina Inner Shelf, J. Geophy. Res,
104, 18205-18226, 1999. (Abstract available)
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2003-10-03
Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-10-07

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