Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) Mooring CTD and ADCP Data near Mobile Bay, Alabama (March-September 2010)

Dataset extent

A continuous time series of temperature, salinity, density, and current velocity data at twenty minute intervals, collected between 24 March and 29 September, 2010, from a small coastal ocean observing system 25 kilometers southwest of the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama (30.0902 degrees N, 88.2116 degrees W) that the Dauphin Island Sea Lab has been operating since 2004.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Author Brian Dzwonkowski
Maintainer data@disl.org
Last Updated July 22, 2022, 22:52 (UTC)
Created July 22, 2022, 22:52 (UTC)
Content Create Date 2018-05-24
ISO.author Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.author.1 Kyeong Park
ISO.author.1.2 Mimi Tzeng <metadata@disl.org>
ISO.originator Kyeong Park <parkk@tamug.edu>
ISO.principalInvestigator Brian Dzwonkowski <briandz@disl.org>
ISO.publisher Dauphin Island Sea Lab Data Management Center
Place Keywords Dauphin Island Sea Lab, DISL, Mobile Bay, Alabama, northern Gulf of Mexico
Temporal Begin 2010-03-24
Temporal End 2010-09-29
Theme Keywords temperature, salinity, density, current velocity, water quality, vertical profile, hydrography, continuous time series, moored CTD data, moored ADCP, acoustic doppler current profiler
Use Constraints Acknowledgment of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL), the Fisheries Oceanography in Coastal Alabama (FOCAL) program, and the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Marine Resources Division is required in products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, QA/QC procedures, and computer processes over time. The distributor shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data, based on the description of appropriate/inappropriate uses described in the metadata document. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such.
spatial { "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ -88.2116, 30.0902 ], [ -88.2116, 30.0902 ], [ -88.2116, 30.0902 ], [ -88.2116, 30.0902 ], [ -88.2116, 30.0902 ] ] ] }