Moored echo and turbidity measurements in the Southern Adriatic Sea at mooring site BB and FF, March 2012-June 2020

This data set includes four files (CSV format) containing observational data from two oceanographic moorings, BB and FF, located in the Southern Adriatic Sea from the period between March 2012 and June 2020. The stand-alone moorings are equipped with a 300 kHz ADCP-RDI system, which measures currents along the last 100 meters of the water column and a CTD recorder equipped with SeaPoint turbidity meter sensor located approximatively 10 m above the bottom. The turbidity sensor measures in a range of 0-25 FTU. Moorings were configured and maintained for continuous long-term monitoring following the approach of the CIESM Hydrochanges Program (www.ciesm.org/marine/programs/hydrochanges.html). The moorings are currently operational as from 2021 they have joined the southern Adriatic Sea submarine observatory system of the EMSO-ERIC European Consortium. The data were subjected to quality control (QC) and the coding numbers used, shown in a dedicated column, follow the SeaDataNet L20 measurement qualifiers flags. QC applied on echo data consists of detecting signal anomalies due to interactions with the seafloor and identifying if the signal falls below a minimum threshold for which the value is no longer considered reliable. For turbidity data, QC is addressed to the detections of possible spikes, anomalies, and sensor saturation in the recordings.