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Volume transport, vertical-mean velocity and profile data from the AOML Western Boundary Time Series/Florida Current Transport project since 1982

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This collection includes daily mean and raw voltage volume transport data of the Florida Current collected with a submarine cable spanning from South Florida to the Grand Bahama Island in the Florida Strait, dissolved oxygen, dynamic height, hydrostatic pressure, neutral density, potential temperature (theta), salinity, and water temperature profile data from CTD, oxygen meter, and XBT casts collected in Coastal Waters of Florida, North Atlantic Ocean, and Straits of Florida on various cruises, as well as data from a free-falling "dropsonde" float making measurements of vertical-mean horizontal velocity in the Florida Current along 27°N. These data were collected by NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), and were submitted by AOML as part of the Atlantic Ocean Western Boundary Time Series (WBTS) / Florida Current Transport project.
  • Cite as: Baringer, Molly O.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Domingues, Ricardo; Hooper, James; Volkov, Denis L.; Garcia Cordova, Joaquin Alberto; Ensenada Center for Scientific Investigation and Higher Education; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (2012). Volume transport, vertical-mean velocity and profile data from the AOML Western Boundary Time Series/Florida Current Transport project since 1982. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/AOML-WBTS. Accessed [date].
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Time Period 1982-03-18 to Present
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -85.465
East: -67.457
South: 21.722
North: 35.453
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2012-04-06
  • revision: 2024-04-08
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Ongoing - data is continually being updated
Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility
Data Update Frequency As needed
Supplemental Information
References:
Meinen, C. S., M. O. Baringer, and R. F. Garcia (2010): Florida Current Transport Variability: An Analysis of Annual and Longer-Period Signals, Deep Sea Research I, 57 (7), 835-846, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2010.04.001.

Larsen, J.C. (1992): Transport and heat flux of the Florida Current at 27°N derived from cross-stream voltages and profiling data: theory and observations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 338, 169-236, http://www.jstor.org/stable/53967.

Larsen, J.C., and T.B. Sanford (1985): Florida Current volume transports from voltage measurements. Science, 227, 302-304, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.227.4684.302.
Purpose To monitor important climate signals, including variations in the Florida Current, water mass and transport signatures related to changes in the strengths and regions of high latitude water mass formation in the North Atlantic, interior dynamic height difference across the entire Atlantic basin and its associated baroclinic heat transport, and the intensity of the Antilles Current as an index (together with the Florida Current) of interannual variability in the strength of the subtropical gyre.
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Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Baringer, Molly O.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Domingues, Ricardo; Hooper, James; Volkov, Denis L.; Garcia Cordova, Joaquin Alberto; Ensenada Center for Scientific Investigation and Higher Education; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (2012). Volume transport, vertical-mean velocity and profile data from the AOML Western Boundary Time Series/Florida Current Transport project since 1982. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/AOML-WBTS. Accessed [date].
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Theme keywords NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS WMO_CategoryCode
  • oceanography
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Provider variables
  • vertical-mean velocity
Data Center keywords NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
Platform keywords NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes
Instrument keywords NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Place keywords NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Project keywords NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords Provider Keywords Provider Project Names
  • CANEK MEASURING PROGRAM/FLOWS THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
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  • Cite as: Baringer, Molly O.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Domingues, Ricardo; Hooper, James; Volkov, Denis L.; Garcia Cordova, Joaquin Alberto; Ensenada Center for Scientific Investigation and Higher Education; NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (2012). Volume transport, vertical-mean velocity and profile data from the AOML Western Boundary Time Series/Florida Current Transport project since 1982. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/AOML-WBTS. Accessed [date].
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Processing Steps
  • 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.
Acquisition Information (collection)
Instrument
  • ADCP
  • bathythermograph - XBT
  • CTD
  • current meter
  • oceanic dropsonde
  • oxygen sensor
  • profiling float
  • satellite sensor - altimeter
  • submarine cable
  • thermistor
  • tide gauge
Platform
  • ANTEA
  • CAPE HATTERAS
  • ENDEAVOR
  • Hildebrand
  • Island Clan
  • JUSTO SIERRA
  • moorings
  • NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
  • OCEANUS
  • Ooids
  • R/V F.G. Walton Smith
  • R/V Knorr
  • R/V Seward Johnson
  • RRS Discovery
  • RV Atlantic Explorer
  • SEA-LAND NAVIGATOR
Last Modified: 2024-04-09T12:32:54Z
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