Buoys

Data Object buoys

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Atsushi Tsuda	Principal Investigator
Dr Doug Mackie	Contact

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. 2010-03-14 00:09:21

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.