Dataset: buoys
Deployment: KY0103-02

Buoy positions

Principal Investigator:

Atsushi Tsuda (University of Tokyo)

Contact:

Doug Mackie (University of Otago)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)

Project:

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

26August2008

Version Date:

2008-08-26

Data URL:

Description

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

Methods & Sampling

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

Data 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

More information about this dataset deployment

Instruments

None available yet

Parameters

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

Database