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 archive, where each file is identified by a number. Every 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 here as acc01234.str.gz, and the netCDF version is stored as acc01234.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.

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accession lat lon instr depth mooring name dates parameters stranger netCDF
2437 44.650 -124.128 30 NH3 05 Jul 72 - 20 Jul 72 s,d,t,p download download
2438 44.650 -124.128 30 NH3 20 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2439 44.650 -124.128 36 NH3 10 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2440 44.645 -124.115 38 NH3 31 Aug 72 - 24 Sep 72 s,d,t,p download download
2441 44.647 -124.203 23 NH6 04 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2442 44.647 -124.203 63 NH6 04 Aug 72 - 31 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2443 44.650 -124.285 23 NH10 06 Jul 72 - 02 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2444 44.650 -124.285 43 NH10 06 Jul 72 - 02 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2445 44.650 -124.285 63 NH10 06 Jul 72 - 02 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2446 44.652 -124.300 25 NH10 31 Aug 72 - 18 Sep 72 s,d,t download download
2447 44.652 -124.300 60 NH10 31 Aug 72 - 18 Sep 72 s,d,t download download
2448 44.700 -124.352 17 NH15 17 Apr 72 - 18 May 72 s,d,t download download
2449 44.700 -124.352 77 NH15 17 Apr 72 - 18 May 72 s,d,t download download
2450 44.748 -124.333 16 NH15 18 May 72 - 31 May 72 s,d,t download download
2451 44.748 -124.333 76 NH15 18 May 72 - 31 May 72 s,d,t download download
2452 44.710 -124.380 19 NH15 31 May 72 - 20 Jun 72 s,t download download
2453 44.710 -124.380 79 NH15 31 May 72 - 20 Jun 72 s,t download download
2454 44.673 -124.423 34 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
2455 44.673 -124.423 54 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
2456 44.673 -124.423 74 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
2457 44.673 -124.423 94 NH15 20 Jun 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,t,p download download
2458 44.665 -124.418 20 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2459 44.665 -124.418 40 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,t download download
2460 44.665 -124.418 60 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 29 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
2461 44.665 -124.418 80 NH15 18 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2462 44.667 -124.417 17 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2463 44.667 -124.417 37 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2464 44.667 -124.417 57 NH15 14 Aug 72 - 30 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2465 44.667 -124.423 43 NH15 30 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t download download
2466 44.667 -124.423 63 NH15 30 Aug 72 - 29 Oct 72 s,d,t,p download download
2467 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
2468 44.643 -124.525 22 NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2469 44.643 -124.525 42 NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2470 44.643 -124.525 122 NH20 06 Jul 72 - 03 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2471 44.855 -124.200 40 DB7 07 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2472 44.855 -124.200 60 DB7 07 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2473 44.855 -124.200 80 DB7 07 Jul 72 - 01 Aug 72 s,d,t,p download download
2474 44.902 -124.318 42 DB13 07 Jul 72 - 18 Jul 72 s,d,t download download
2475 44.745 -124.287 21 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2476 44.745 -124.287 41 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2477 44.745 -124.287 61 POL 20 Jul 72 - 14 Aug 72 s,d,t download download
2478 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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