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Current/temperature measurements near the Sigsbee Escarpment from the MMS Desoto Canyon Intrusion Study, 19990829 - 20010906 (NCEI Accession 0002569)

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During this study in-situ measurement of currents, temperature, and conductivity were made on a series of tautline moorings near the base of and on the Sigsbee Escarpment. These were supplemented during six of the 24 months of measurements by three Inverted Echo Sounders with Pressure. The primary objective of this project was documentation of near bottom/lower layer dynamics which have been identified as having high current speeds over an extended lower layer water column with near bottom intensification. Observations were often jointly funded by the MMS and BP. Results showed the layer below a nominal depth of 1000 m to have vertically highly coherent motion with a weak shear profile. The dominant process affecting currents at the base of the Escarpment appear to be Topographic Rossby Waves with periods of 8-11 days which moved through the study area in trains that could continue for many months. Current speeds as high as 1.75 kts. were measured 100 m above the bottom in 2000 m water depths.
  • Cite as: Blankinship, Paul R.; Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC (2006). Current/temperature measurements near the Sigsbee Escarpment from the MMS Desoto Canyon Intrusion Study, 19990829 - 20010906 (NCEI Accession 0002569). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002569. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1999-08-29 to 2001-09-06
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -90.26
East: -89.7
South: 27.11
North: 27.38
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2006-02-10
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  • Cite as: Blankinship, Paul R.; Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC (2006). Current/temperature measurements near the Sigsbee Escarpment from the MMS Desoto Canyon Intrusion Study, 19990829 - 20010906 (NCEI Accession 0002569). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002569. Accessed [date].
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  • Cite as: Blankinship, Paul R.; Science Applications International Corporation - Raleigh, NC (2006). Current/temperature measurements near the Sigsbee Escarpment from the MMS Desoto Canyon Intrusion Study, 19990829 - 20010906 (NCEI Accession 0002569). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0002569. Accessed [date].
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  • 2006-02-10T15:06:27Z - NCEI Accession 0002569 v1.1 was published.
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  • 2015-04-22T00:00:00 - NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
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  • ADCP
  • current meter
  • inverted echo sounder (IES)
  • meteorological sensor
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