Data: Near-bottom currents at Station M in the abyssal Northeast Pacific
Authors/Creators
- 1. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- 2. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Description
Current meter data collected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) at Station M, located on the abyssal plain 220 km offshore of central California. Collected near the seabed at ~4000 m depth from October 2014–October 2018. Data and methods are described in the publication:
Connolly, T. P., P. R. McGill, R. G. Henthorn, D. A. Burrier, C. Michaud, Near-bottom currents at Station M in the abyssal Northeast Pacific, submitted to Deep Sea Research II
Data files
Each .zip folder contains a readme.txt file describing the data files.
ADCP.zip - contains data from a one-year Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) deployment. Includes the binary file uploaded from the instrument and a text file created using RDI tools.
ADCP_netcdf.zip - contains processed ADCP data in NetCDF format.
Rover_merged.zip - contains merged data files from four years of benthic rover current meter deployments, in Excel .xlsx format and comma-separated value .csv format.
Analysis code
Analysis code is available at https://github.com/tompc35/station-m-currents