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Eastward and northward components of ocean current and water temperature collected from moorings in the vicinity of Quinault Canyon in the North East Pacific Coast from 1980-09-25 to 1981-01-24 (NCEI Accession 0164076)

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The University of Washington maintained 9 current meter moorings, QC801 through QC8010 (QC806 was not deployed) in and around Quinault Canyon. Current meters were all Aanderaa (AA) instruments which measured speed, direction and temperature. The AA data was sampled in 20 minute intervals. Speed and direction were measured and rotated to true North. Data was first edited for spurious values, then speed and direction were independently filtered with a 5 point binomial filter spanning approximately 1.5 hours and resolved into u and v components.
Results from this project can be found in: Hickey, B.M. (1989) Patterns and processes of shelf and slope circulation. In: Landry, M.R. and B.M. Hickey (eds.), Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon, pp. 41-115, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Werner, F. and B.M. Hickey (1983) The Role of a Longshore Pressure Gradient in Pacific Northwest Coastal Dynamics. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 13: 395-410. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1983)013<0395:TROALP>2.0.CO;2. Baker, E.T., and B.M. Hickey (1986) Contemporary sedimentation processes in and around an active West Coast submarine canyon. Marine Geology, 71: 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(86)90031-9. Hickey, B., E. Baker and N. Kachel (1986) Suspended particle movement in and around Quinault submarine canyon. Marine Geology, 71: 35-83. Data file format is plain text.
  • Cite as: Hickey, Barbara M. (2017). Eastward and northward components of ocean current and water temperature collected from moorings in the vicinity of Quinault Canyon in the North East Pacific Coast from 1980-09-25 to 1981-01-24 (NCEI Accession 0164076). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0164076. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1980-09-25 to 1981-01-24
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -125.19167
East: -124.765
South: 47.125
North: 47.35833
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Publication Dates
  • publication: 2017-07-11
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Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
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Supplemental Information
Submission Package ID: LMTMLJ
Purpose The purpose of this study was to provide information about the circulation in and around canyons and discover to what extent canyons affect the regional shelf circulation. This is important because Astoria and Quinault Canyon, located on the Washington coast, provide the primary conduits by which land derived sediments and pollutants reach the deep ocean. Canyons also enhance upwelling.
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  • Cite as: Hickey, Barbara M. (2017). Eastward and northward components of ocean current and water temperature collected from moorings in the vicinity of Quinault Canyon in the North East Pacific Coast from 1980-09-25 to 1981-01-24 (NCEI Accession 0164076). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0164076. Accessed [date].
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  • The Quinault Canyon II Project was sponsored by the United States Department of Energy Contract DE-AT06-76-EV-71025 to Dr. B. Hickey at the University of Washington.
  • Related Funding Agency: United States Department of Energy
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  • oceanography
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  • Cite as: Hickey, Barbara M. (2017). Eastward and northward components of ocean current and water temperature collected from moorings in the vicinity of Quinault Canyon in the North East Pacific Coast from 1980-09-25 to 1981-01-24 (NCEI Accession 0164076). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0164076. Accessed [date].
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  • 2017-07-11T00:48:20Z - NCEI Accession 0164076 v1.1 was published.
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  • Data Type: u and v components of velocity (calculated); Units: cm/sec; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Aanderaa current meters (AA); Sampling and Analyzing Method: AA current meters measured current directions and magnitudes. Directions were rotated into degrees true north. Data was sampled in 20 minute intervals, then edited for spurious values. Speed and direction were independently filtered with a 5 point binomial filter spanning approximately 1.5 hours then resolved into u and v components.; Data Quality Information: Data were plotted and visually inspected for spurious values.
  • Data Type: TEMPERATURE [WATER TEMPERATURE] (measured); Units: degrees C; Observation Type: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Aanderaa current meter (AA); Sampling and Analyzing Method: AA current meters measured Temperature. Data was sampled in 20 minute intervals, then edited for spurious values.; Data Quality Information: Data were plotted and visually inspected for spurious values.
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  • current meter
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  • moorings
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