Current meter records from CUE 1
(Phase 1 of the Coastal Upwelling Experiment)

The accession numbers shown below refer to the OSU Buoy Group's online database, where each file is identified by a number. In the database and also on this disk, each file has a name that encodes its accession number. Thus the ASCII (stranger format) version of the current meter record whose accession number is 1234 can be found on this disk as rcm01234.zip, and the netCDF version is stored here as rcm01234.cdf. The single wind record (Accession 8006) is stored as met08006.zip and met08006.cdf.

Current data from the NH (Newport Hydro) and DB (Depoe Bay) moorings were recorded by Aanderaa RCM4 and RCM5 current meters. The meteorological record was recorded by an Aanderaa datalogger. Data from the POL (Pacific Oceanographic Laboratory) Buoy were recorded using AMF vector averaging current meters.

See: R.D.Pillsbury et al, A Compilation of Observations from Moored Current Meters, Vol VI; Oregon Continental Shelf, April - October 1972. OSU Data Report 57, Reference 74-2, January 1974.

accession lat lon instr depth mooring name dates parameters stranger netCDF
7031 44.650 -124.128 30 NH3 05 Jul 72 - 20 Jul 72 s,d,t,p download download
7032 44.650 -124.128 30 NH3 20 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7033 44.650 -124.128 36 NH3 10 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7034 44.645 -124.115 38 NH3 31 Aug 72 - 24 Sep 72 s,d,t,p download download
7035 44.647 -124.203 23 NH6 04 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7036 44.647 -124.203 63 NH6 04 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7037 44.650 -124.285 23 NH10 06 Jul 72 - 02 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7038 44.650 -124.285 43 NH10 06 Jul 72 - 02 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7039 44.650 -124.285 63 NH10 06 Jul 72 - 02 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7040 44.652 -124.300 25 NH10 31 Aug 72 - 18 Sep 72 s,d,t download download
7041 44.652 -124.300 60 NH10 31 Aug 72 - 18 Sep 72 s,d,t download download
7042 44.700 -124.352 17 NH15 17 Apr 72 - 18 May 72 s,d,t download download
7043 44.700 -124.352 77 NH15 17 Apr 72 - 18 May 72 s,d,t download download
7044 44.748 -124.333 16 NH15 18 May 72 - 31 May 72 s,d,t download download
7045 44.748 -124.333 76 NH15 18 May 72 - 31 May 72 s,d,t download download
7046 44.710 -124.380 19 NH15 31 May 72 - 20 Jun 72 s,t download download
7047 44.710 -124.380 79 NH15 31 May 72 - 20 Jun 72 s,t download download
7048 44.673 -124.423 34 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
7049 44.673 -124.423 54 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
7050 44.673 -124.423 74 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
7051 44.673 -124.423 94 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,t,p download download
7052 44.665 -124.418 20 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7053 44.665 -124.418 40 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,t download download
7054 44.665 -124.418 60 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 29 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
7055 44.665 -124.418 80 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7056 44.667 -124.417 17 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7057 44.667 -124.417 37 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7058 44.667 -124.417 57 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7059 44.667 -124.423 43 NH15 30 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t download download
7060 44.667 -124.423 63 NH15 30 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t,p download download
7061 44.667 -124.423 83 NH15 30 Aug 72 - 27 Oct 72 s,d,t,p download download
*8006 44.643 -124.525 - NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,tw download download
7062 44.643 -124.525 22 NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7063 44.643 -124.525 42 NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7064 44.643 -124.525 122 NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7065 44.855 -124.200 40 DB7 07 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7066 44.855 -124.200 60 DB7 07 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7067 44.855 -124.200 80 DB7 07 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
7068 44.902 -124.318 42 DB13 07 Jul 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
7069 44.745 -124.287 21 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7070 44.745 -124.287 41 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7071 44.745 -124.287 61 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
7072 44.745 -124.287 81 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,t,p download download

* Accession 8006 is from a meteorological buoy that measured wind speed and direction, and surface water temperature. Wind speed and direction were measured about 2m above the sea surface.

You should also be aware that 28 current meter records and an unknown number of wind records taken during CUE-1 are NOT present in this archive. These files were lost when the tapes that contained them became unreadable. As far as we know, the data exist only on microfilm. A list of the missing current meter records is shown below.

original filename instr depth mooring name dates parameters
c45318.p 28 NH3 31 Aug 72 - 24 Sep 72 s,d,t
c4429.p 43 NH6 4 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t
c4918.p 27 NH6 31 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t
c4908.p 42 NH6 31 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t
c49911.p 62 NH6 31 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t,p
c4887.p 21 NH10 2 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t
c5049.p 61 NH10 2 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t,p
c4969.p 77 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,t
c43912.p 28 NH15 30 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 d,t
c43811.p 24 NH20 3 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t
c4896.p 44 NH20 3 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t
c45512.p 74 NH20 3 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t
c5029.p 124 NH20 3 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t,p
c4875.p 20 DB7 7 Jul 72 - 30 Jul 72 s,d,t
c45213.p 20 DB7 1 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c45317.p 40 DB7 1 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c44010.p 60 DB7 1 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c49910.p 80 DB7 1 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t,p
c4906.p 22 DB13 7 Jul 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t
c4926.p 72 DB13 7 Jul 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t
c5018.p 120 DB13 7 Jul 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t,p
c4927.p 19 DB13 9 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c4917.p 39 DB13 9 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c26813.p 69 DB13 9 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c49511.p 119 DB13 9 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t, p
c4907.p 41 POL Buoy 14 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t
c5019.p 61 POL Buoy 14 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t, p
c4979.p 81 POL Buoy 14 Aug 72 - 29 Aug 72 s,d,t, p

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