Buoys

Data Object buoys

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Atsushi Tsuda	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

SEEDS 2001 Buoy positions
Buoy locations (lat lon) in 10 minute increments.

Acquisition description

Three buoys were set out: OBN4 (reference), OBN5 (centre), OBN6 (trap-IN).
Sediment traps were deployed from the buoys.

Processing description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
CSV file generated from original spreadsheet Buoy_position.xls by Doug Mackie

BCO-DMO Edits
- Parameter names modified to conform to BCO-DMO convention
- Time formatted as HHMM
- "n.d" converted to "nd" for no data

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
date_UTC	Date UTC	YYYYMMDD
time_UTC	time UTC	HHMM
lat	Latitude position for buoy negative denotes South	decimal degrees
lon	Longitude position for buoy negative denotes West	decimal degrees
Buoy	Buoy Id: OBN4 = reference buoy OBN5 = center buoy OBN6 = trap buoy (in patch)	text

Platforms List

R/V Kaiyo-maru KY0103-02

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2010-09-02 21:41:00

info app: /home/bco/dbase-v2 v.100108 CLC
Data URL: http://data.bco-dmo.org/jg/serv/BCO/Fe_Synthesis/SEEDS/SEEDS_2001/Buoys.