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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.

Description: Access to data.

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

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO > DESOTO CANYON

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 100
Longitude Resolution: 100
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 250 meters

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > HYDROPATTERN

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > LAKES

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

INLAND WATERS

Platform

ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1

ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2

Instrument

LIDAR > Light Detection and Ranging

GPS > Global Positioning System

SAR > Synthetic Aperture Radar

Project

LANDMAP

Quality A complete quality assesment is available from the project homepage:
http://www.landmap.ac.uk/

Access Constraints Access to data is restricted to those individuals who have registered
with MIMAS (Manchester Information and Associated Services, Manchester
Computing Centre, University of Manchester).

Use Constraints Use of the data sets is restricted to educational/non-commercial
purposes only.

Ancillary Keywords

SPOT

LANDSAT

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

MIMAS

Data Center

Manchester Information and Associated Services, University of Manchester

Data Center URL: http://www.mimas.ac.uk/
Dataset ID: Bartholomew datasets

Data Center Personnel
Name: MIMAS HELPDESK Phone: +44 (0)161 275 6109 Email: info at mimas.ac.uk Contact Address: Manchester Computing Centre University of Manchester Oxford Rd City: Manchester Province or State: England Postal Code: M13 9PL Country: UK