Boundary Pass Current Meter Deployed 2020-04-22

The Nortek Aquadopp Current Meter A3L8799 AQD13744 was deployed on 2020-04-22 at Boundary Pass. Boundary Pass is a strait located along the boundary between Washington State and British Columbia. It connects Haro Strait with the Strait of Georgia. This device is a Current Meter. Acoustic Current Meters (ACM) measure current speed and direction, using the Doppler Effect. Aquadopp current metres have a sensor head that contains 3 acoustic transducers, a tilt sensor, a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor. The instrument transmits a short pulse of sound, and then listens to its echo to measure the change in pitch or frequency. The change in pitch can determine the velocity of the current. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.

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Metadata Reference Date(s) July 05, 2023 (Creation)
Data Reference Date(s) April 22, 2020 (Creation)
Frequency of Update As Needed

Responsible Party 1
Affiliation
Ocean Networks Canada Society
Email
datastewardship@oceannetworks.ca
Role
  • Custodian
  • Distributor

Field Value
Ocean Variables
  • Subsurface Currents
  • Zooplankton biomass and diversity
Scope Dataset
Status Completed
Spatial Extent { "coordinates": [ -123.03941666666, 48.76621666666 ], "type": "Point" }
North Bounding Latitude 48.76621666666
South Bounding Latitude 48.76621666666
East Bounding Longitude -123.03941666666
West Bounding Longitude -123.03941666666
Temporal Extent
Begin
2020-04-22
End
2020-10-28
Vertical Extent
Min
225.0
Max
225.0
Default Locale English
Included in Data Catalogue
Included in Data Catalogue 1
Name
ONC Dev CKAN
URL
http://qackan.onc.uvic.ca
Included in Data Catalogue 2
Name
CIOOS Pacific
Description
Home of Canada's Pacific Ocean Data
URL
https://catalogue.pac-dev1.cioos.org