The BODC current meter data set provides all currents data held in the BODC National Oceanographic Database (NODB). It includes entries for Moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP), other moored current meters, Shipborne ADCP, and Lowered ADCP. In this accession, the data are delivered to NODC as platform-independent binary files in QXF format (a BODC subset of NetCDF).
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| Title | Currents and other physical parameters collected from moored current meters and various ADCPs offshore the United Kingdom, as part of British Oceanographic Data Center's (BODC) current meter series, from 21 June 1967 to 29 April 2007 (NCEI Accession 0067029) |
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| Description | The BODC current meter data set provides all currents data held in the BODC National Oceanographic Database (NODB). It includes entries for Moored Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP), other moored current meters, Shipborne ADCP, and Lowered ADCP. In this accession, the data are delivered to NODC as platform-independent binary files in QXF format (a BODC subset of NetCDF). |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T15:27:27.555Z |
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| Keywords | 0067029 , Attenuation/Transmission , BAROMETRIC PRESSURE , CONDUCTIVITY , CURRENT DIRECTION , CURRENT METER - DIRECTION , CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) , CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) , CURRENT METER - SPEED , CURRENT SPEED , CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) , CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) , CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W) , DEPTH - BOTTOM , DEPTH - SENSOR , HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE , OPTICAL BACKSCATTER , SALINITY , turbidity , WATER TEMPERATURE , ADCP , buoy , compass , conductivity sensor , current meter , GPS , inclinometer , mooring , pressure gauge , temperature sensor , transmissometer , current measurements , physical , profile , British Oceanographic Data Centre , British Oceanographic Data Centre , Bristol Channel , English Channel (La Manche) , Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland , Irish Sea and St. George's Channel , North Atlantic Ocean , North Sea , Norwegian Sea , oceanography , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , UK/NERC/BODC > British Oceanographic Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY , EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY , ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler , COMPASSES , CONDUCTIVITY METERS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS , CURRENT METERS , GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS , INCLINOMETERS > INCLINOMETERS , PRESSURE GAUGES , TEMPERATURE SENSORS > TEMPERATURE SENSORS , TRANSMISSOMETERS , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > IRISH SEA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA , OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA , environment , oceans , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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