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These data were gathered by SAIC under contract with the US Minerals Management Service. They are shown below in two tables: one for records from the Western Gulf, and the other showing records from the Eastern Gulf. Although our focus in this repository is on deep water currents we have followed our usual practice of including the entire array when some of its moorings are in deep water and some are in shallow water.
mooring name | lat | lon | instr depth
(meters) | water depth (meters) | instr type | dates | view metadata |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | 26.012 | -95.122 | 1000 | 2000 | Aanderaa RCM | 11 Jun 85 - 04 May 86 | metadata |
P | 26.012 | -95.122 | 1500 | 2000 | Aanderaa RCM | 11 Jun 85 - 04 May 86 | metadata |
Q | 25.872 | -94.880 | 100 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 02 Oct 85 | metadata |
Q | 25.872 | -94.880 | 300 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 20 Oct 85 | metadata |
Q | 25.872 | -94.880 | 1000 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 19 Oct 85 | metadata |
Q | 25.872 | -94.880 | 1500 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 04 May 86 | metadata |
R | 25.492 | -94.160 | 100 | 3500 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 21 Oct 85 | metadata |
R | 25.492 | -94.160 | 300 | 3500 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 21 Oct 85 | metadata |
R | 25.492 | -94.160 | 1000 | 3500 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 21 Oct 85 | metadata |
R | 25.492 | -94.160 | 1500 | 3500 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 21 Oct 85 | metadata |
R | 25.492 | -94.160 | 3000 | 3500 | Aanderaa RCM | 15 Jun 85 - 21 Oct 85 | metadata |
S | 25.412 | -95.530 | 100 | 1503 | Aanderaa RCM | 12 Jun 85 - 18 Oct 85 | metadata |
S | 25.412 | -95.530 | 300 | 1503 | Aanderaa RCM | 12 Jun 85 - 30 Aug 85 | metadata |
S | 25.412 | -95.530 | 750 | 1503 | Aanderaa RCM | 02 Nov 85 - 04 May 86 | metadata |
S | 25.412 | -95.530 | 1000 | 1508 | Aanderaa RCM | 12 Jun 85 - 04 May 86 | metadata |
T | 24.553 | -96.118 | 100 | 2200 | Aanderaa RCM | 13 Jun 85 - 18 Sep 85 | metadata |
T | 24.553 | -96.118 | 300 | 2200 | Aanderaa RCM | 13 Jun 85 - 02 May 86 | metadata |
T | 24.553 | -96.118 | 1000 | 2200 | Aanderaa RCM | 13 Jun 85 - 02 May 86 | metadata |
BB | 28.675 | -92.098 | 12 | 39 | General Oceanics | 16 Jul 87 - 19 Jul 88 | metadata |
BB | 28.675 | -92.098 | 18 | 39 | General Oceanics | 04 Apr 87 - 19 Jul 88 | metadata |
CC | 28.310 | -92.097 | 11 | 64 | General Oceanics | 16 Jul 87 - 26 Jan 88 | metadata |
CC | 28.310 | -92.097 | 28 | 64 | General Oceanics | 04 Apr 87 - 31 Oct 88 | metadata |
CC | 28.310 | -92.097 | 54 | 64 | General Oceanics | 07 Nov 87 - 20 Jul 88 | metadata |
DD | 27.883 | -91.995 | 10 | 180 | General Oceanics | 17 Jul 87 - 29 Oct 88 | metadata |
DD | 27.883 | -91.995 | 11 | 180 | Aanderaa RCM | 14 Apr 88 - 29 Oct 88 | metadata |
DD | 27.883 | -91.995 | 100 | 180 | General Oceanics | 10 Nov 87 - 20 Jul 88 | metadata |
DD | 27.883 | -91.995 | 150 | 180 | General Oceanics | 07 Apr 87 - 29 Oct 88 | metadata |
DD | 27.878 | -91.990 | 174 | 180 | General Oceanics | 09 Feb 88 - 20 Jul 88 | metadata |
EE | 27.468 | -91.993 | 100 | 845 | General Oceanics | 08 Nov 87 - 31 Oct 88 | metadata |
EE | 27.468 | -91.993 | 300 | 845 | Aanderaa RCM | 08 Nov 87 - 30 Oct 88 | metadata |
EE | 27.468 | -91.993 | 305 | 845 | General Oceanics | 02 Dec 87 - 31 Oct 88 | metadata |
EE | 27.468 | -91.993 | 725 | 845 | Aanderaa RCM | 05 Apr 87 - 31 Oct 88 | metadata |
FF | 26.740 | -91.995 | 100 | 1750 | General Oceanics | 08 Nov 87 - 09 Sep 88 | metadata |
FF | 26.740 | -91.995 | 300 | 1750 | Aanderaa RCM | 14 Apr 88 - 10 Sep 88 | metadata |
FF | 26.740 | -91.995 | 305 | 1750 | General Oceanics | 08 Nov 87 - 10 Sep 88 | metadata |
FF | 26.740 | -91.995 | 725 | 1750 | Aanderaa RCM | 08 Nov 87 - 31 Oct 88 | metadata |
FF | 26.740 | -91.995 | 1650 | 1750 | Aanderaa RCM | 06 Apr 87 - 20 Sep 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 100 | 3000 | General Oceanics | 09 Nov 87 - 30 Oct 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 300 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 09 Apr 88 - 30 Oct 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 305 | 3000 | General Oceanics | 10 Nov 87 - 08 Apr 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 725 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 09 Nov 87 - 30 Oct 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 1650 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 06 Apr 87 - 30 Oct 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 2500 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 09 Nov 87 - 03 Apr 88 | metadata |
GG | 25.653 | -92.033 | 2500 | 3000 | Aanderaa RCM | 09 Apr 88 - 30 Oct 88 | metadata |
These moorings were in place during succesive short deployments over a period of 3 years. Where possible, we have joined shorter records to make longer ones. The data originally were recorded with time increments of 15, 20, and 30 minutes, in no apparent pattern. In many cases the time series were exceptionally noisy. Because of the noise and the inconsistant time increment we have filtered all the series and subsampled to one point per hour. The filter is a low-pass cosine-Lanczos filter that spans 2 days of data. This filter effectively removes frequencies higher than 12 cycles per day and passes frequencies lower than 9 cycles per day unattenuated.
We have included here most though not all of the current meter records from
this experiment. Some were too short to meet our criteria for inclusion, and
some were too noisy or otherwise of poor quality.
mooring name | lat | lon | instr depth
(meters) | water depth (meters) | instr type | dates | view metadata |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 172 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 02 Feb 84 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 172 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 19 Oct 84 - 31 Jan 86 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 400 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 02 Feb 84 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 400 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 19 Jul 84 - 31 Jan 86 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 738 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 31 Jul 83 - 02 Feb 84 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 738 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 19 Oct 84 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 1100 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 02 Feb 84 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 1100 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 19 Oct 84 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 1600 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 31 Jul 83 - 02 Feb 84 | metadata |
A | 25.715 | -84.885 | 1600 | 1697 | General Oceanics | 19 Oct 84 - 30 Jul 85 | metadata |
C | 25.887 | -84.320 | 50 | 180 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 31 Jan 86 | metadata |
C | 25.887 | -84.320 | 100 | 180 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 31 Jan 86 | metadata |
C | 25.882 | -84.320 | 179 | 180 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 29 Jul 85 | metadata |
D | 26.083 | -83.700 | 17 | 75 | General Oceanics | 03 Feb 84 - 26 Aug 85 | metadata |
D | 26.092 | -83.698 | 30 | 75 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 21 Jan 84 | metadata |
D | 26.092 | -83.698 | 50 | 75 | General Oceanics | 28 Jan 83 - 08 Jul 85 | metadata |
D | 26.083 | -83.700 | 50 | 75 | General Oceanics | 31 Jul 85 - 29 Jan 86 | metadata |
D | 26.083 | -83.700 | 71 | 75 | General Oceanics | 03 Feb 84 - 17 Jan 85 | metadata |
D | 26.083 | -83.700 | 71 | 75 | unavailable | 24 Jan 85 - 29 Jul 85 | metadata |
E | 27.420 | -84.625 | 50 | 180 | General Oceanics | 27 Jan 83 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
E | 27.420 | -84.625 | 100 | 180 | General Oceanics | 27 Jan 83 - 28 Jan 86 | metadata |
E | 27.405 | -84.632 | 179 | 180 | General Oceanics | 27 Jan 83 - 08 Dec 84 | metadata |
E | 27.405 | -84.632 | 179 | 180 | unavailable | 26 Jan 85 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
F | 26.242 | -83.222 | 17 | 50 | General Oceanics | 03 Feb 84 - 31 Jan 86 | metadata |
F | 26.242 | -83.222 | 40 | 50 | General Oceanics | 03 Feb 84 - 31 Jan 86 | metadata |
G | 25.603 | -85.497 | 397 | 3275 | General Oceanics | 19 Oct 84 - 10 Mar 85 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 703 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 02 Aug 85 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 1565 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 04 Feb 84 - 21 May 84 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 1565 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 19 Jul 84 - 17 Oct 84 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 1565 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 02 Aug 85 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 2364 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 05 Feb 84 - 26 May 84 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 2364 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 19 Jul 84 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 3174 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 04 Feb 84 - 22 May 84 | metadata |
G | 25.600 | -85.499 | 3174 | 3200 | General Oceanics | 19 Jul 84 - 30 Jan 86 | metadata |
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