Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE); Currents, Hydrographic, Sea Level and

Meterological; North of the San Francisco; 1981-2

BRIEF

The Costal Ocean Dynamics Experiment (CODE) was undertaken to identify and study the important dynamical processes which govern the wind-driven motion of coastal water over the continental shelf. CODE was conducted North of the San Francisco bay (Pt. Reyes to Pt. Arena) from April 1981 to August 1982. Funded by NSF, the experiment was executed by a number of agencies and universities (NCAR, NOAA, USGS, WHOI, SIO, OSU, UNH).

The initial effort in this multi-year, multi-institutional research program was to obtain high-quality data sets of all the relevant physical variables needed to construct accurate kinematic and dynamic descriptions of the response of shelf water to strong wind forcing in the 2 to 10 day band. A series of the small-scale, densely-instrumented field experiments of approximately four months duration (called CODE-1 and CODE-2) were designed to explore and determine the kinematics, momentum, and heat balances of the local wind-driven flow over a region of the northern California shelf.

The following data acquired during experiment are available at the Data Zoo (see below for more information and access instructions). First, three sets of data are available directly from the subdirectory labeled /CODE:

Moored and drifting current meter data Temperature chains Bottom and mid-water pressure/temperature Meterological stations (wind and air/sea temp)

These data are available elsewhere in the Data Zoo:

Sea-level observations (see /NOS) Meterological data (see /NDBC)

Finally, XBT data taken as part of CODE are not archived in the Data Zoo.

The Data Zoo

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has developed an on-line database of physical oceanographic data organized by experiment, and referred to as the 'Data Zoo.' The animals in this 'zoo' are the individual data sets, one of which is described above. The zoo is funded by the Mineral Management Service, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

If you intend to use these data in a published document, you are asked to cite the source. If you plan to use these data in your research please notify CCS of your intentions by contacting the 'zookeeper' at zookeeper@coast.ucsd.edu.

The Data Zoo may be accessed a number of ways. One of the most user-friendly is via the Gopher server titled: Univ of California, San Diego, Center for Coastal Studies. The Network Applications and Information Center (NAIC), for example, runs a gopher out of Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA); telnet to naic.nasa.gov, and log in as 'naic.'

A second method is anonymous ftp: From your machine on the Internet, type 'ftp coast.ucsd.edu' or 'ftp 128.54.21.56.' Use 'anonymous' as your login name, and your e-mail address as your password. Once logged in, your current working directory becomes the zoo directory. You can download any files of interest. The directory here is not as well documented as the Gopher server.

Other access methods are described in the supplementary information at the end of this directory entry.

ATTRIBUTES

Entry_ID: SIO_CCS_DATAZOO_CODE (MD Identifier: 4398)
 
Temporal Coverage:
     From: 1981-04-01                 TO: 1982-08-31 
 
Geographic Coverage:
     Southwest Extent: 38N,124W    Northeast Extent:  40N,123W
 
Source:
     SHIP/BUOYS
 
Sensor:
     ANEMOMETER
     CURRENT METER
     PRESSURE SENSORS
     THERMISTOR
     THERMOMETER
 
Storage Media:
     Digital; On-line system
 
Campaign/Project:
     CODE
 
Discipline, Subdiscipline:
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > ATMOSPHERE
     EARTH SCIENCE                   > OCEAN
 
Location Keyword:
     MID-LATITUDE>California Coast
     NORTH AMERICA>California Coast
     PACIFIC OCEAN>California Coast
 
Parameter Group, Parameter:
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
     ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS            > WINDS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > CURRENTS
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > PRESSURE
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > TEMPERATURE
     OCEAN DYNAMICS                  > WINDS
 
General Keywords:
     CCS
     DATAZOO
     FTP
     NCAR
     NOAA
     OSU
     SHELF
     SIO
     UNH
     USGS
     WHOI
 
Science Review Date: 1994-01-31
 
Revision Date: 1994-01-31
 
Quality Statement:
 

These data were procured by the Center for Coastal Studies for inclusion in the
Data Zoo and have been checked for consistency and validity as well as possible
using Data reports and documentation provided by the source organization or
individuals for each data set.

Inquiries related to the quality of a data set should be directed to:
zookeeper@coast.ucsd.edu; the Zookeeper will direct the inquiries to the
appropriate data source.

DATACENTER

Archive: 
   SIO/CCS>Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Center for  Coastal ...
   Data Set ID: CODE 
 
   Contact: SHULL, SUZANNE 
            University of California, San Diego
            Scripps Institution of Oceanography
            Center for Coastal Studies
            9500 Gilman Drive
            La Jolla, California 92093-0209
 
            Electronic Mail: INTERNET> SHULL@COAST.UCSD.EDU
 
            Phone: (619) 534-0300 (fax)
                   (619) 534-7561

PERSONNEL

Entry Author: IRVINE, DAVID 
              Hughes STX
              7701 Greenbelt Road, Suite 400
              Greenbelt, MD  20770
              USA
 
              Electronic Mail: INTERNET> IRVINE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
                               OMNET> D.IRVINE
                               SPAN> NCF::IRVINE
 
              Phone: (301) 441-4213
 
 
Information in this entry provided by SIO/CCS

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