Juan de Fuca Strait Current Meter Deployed 2016-04-15

10.80242/a56ffc2e-2d52-4f73-b25b-568d99efdc8e

The Nortek Aquadopp Current Meter A3L5390 AQD8380 was deployed on 2016-04-15 at Juan de Fuca Strait. Juan de Fuca Strait is a large body of water that connects the Salish Sea to the Pacific Ocean. 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 15, 2016 (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": [ -123.4083, 48.401283333 ], "type": "Point" }
North Bounding Latitude 48.401283333
South Bounding Latitude 48.401283333
East Bounding Longitude -123.4083
West Bounding Longitude -123.4083
Temporal Extent
Begin
2016-04-15
End
2016-10-27
Vertical Extent
Min
56.0
Max
56.0
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doi.org
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https://doi.org/10.80242/a56ffc2e-2d52-4f73-b25b-568d99efdc8e
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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