Abstract:
Data from a ship-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) are
reported from 7 ship cruises to the Antarctic, March - September 2001
and 2002. The survey area includes the continental margin off the
Western Antarctic Peninsula and the adjacent inshore water bodies of
Marguerite Bay and Crystal Sound. Ancillary north/south sections
... across the Drake Passage are reported for transects from Punta Arenas,
Chile to the study area and return.
Data reported: five minute ensemble averaged values of the U
(east-west) and V (north-south) components of ocean currents, for 8
meter depth bins between 26 and ~350 meters, along the ships track.
Ships/cruises/dates:
AESV Laurence M. Gould / LMG0103 / Mar 19-Apr 12 2001
AESV Laurence M. Gould / LMG0104 / Apr 21-Jun 4 2001
AESV Laurence M. Gould / LMG0106 / Jul 22-Aug 30 2001
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer / NBP0103 / Apr 25-Jun 5 2001
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer / NBP0104 / Jul 23-Aug 30 2001
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer / NBP0202 / Apr 9-May 20 2002
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer / NBP0204 / Aug 1-Sep 17 2002
Related data set:
file: ADCP_hourly. Hourly averaged data derived from the 5 minute
ensemble values are available for each cruise at the above referenced
web site. 
