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Monterey Co-ordinated Canyon Experiment datasets

The Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) collected physical oceanographic data in the Monterey Canyon study area, off the coast of Central California over an 18 month period between October 2015 and April 2017. This project was a long term effort to monitor turbidity currents using a variety of new instruments and technologies to assess movement of water and sediment, assess evolution and shape of the sea floor and monitor physical processes within flows at various spatial scales. Measurements were taken using an array of instruments which include: moorings; sediment traps, Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP); transmissometers; vertical profilers; Benthic Instrument Nodes (BIN); Sediment Transport Event Detectors (STEDs); Benthic Event Detectors (BEDs); Autonomous Monitoring Transponder (AMT); wave sensors, autonomous underwater vehicles and wave gliders. The Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment project was led by Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute (MBARI) in collaboration with researchers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Ocean University of China (OUC), National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Southampton and University of Hull, UK. MBARI are responsible for the long term data management of all datasets generated by the project. Datasets are hosted at the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS), a full data report is available from https://www.mbari.org/science/seafloor-processes/geological-changes/coordinated-canyon-experiment-datareport-main-page/.

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Alternate title
British Oceanographic Data Centre record 1048MontereyCanyonExperiment
Date (Publication)
2019-07-17
Date (Creation)
2019-05-29
Date (Revision)
2019-05-29
Identifier
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/ / EDMED6929
Originator
  Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - Unknown ( Unknown )
7700 Sandholdt Road , Moss Landing , California , 95039-9644 , United States
+1 831 775 1700
+1 831 775 1620
http://www.mbari.org
Custodian
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded As needed
SeaDataNet PDV
  • Bathymetry and Elevation
  • Transmittance and attenuance of the water column
  • Salinity of the water column
  • Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Other physical and chemical properties of suspended particulate material
  • Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
  • Moored instrument depth
  • Density of the water column
  • Other wave statistics
  • Temperature of the water column
  • Acoustic backscatter in the water column
  • Platform or instrument orientation
Vertical Coverages
  • unknown
MEDIN metadata record availability
  • Natural Environment Research Council Designated Data Centres
  • Marine Environmental Data and Information Network
INSPIRE themes
  • Hydrography
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Elevation
Use limitation
Usage restrictions are specified in the terms of the licence
Use limitation
No conditions apply
Access constraints
restricted Restricted
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data are freely available for use in teaching and research, providing due acknowledgment in any publication produced, following agreement to the terms and conditions of the British Oceanographic Data Centre Data Licence. The licence terms and conditions are available via https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documents/nodb/267795/
Other constraints
Data are freely available
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2014-05-09
End date
2018-05-08
Supplemental Information

Publication year: 2019-05-21

Publication title: Coordinated Canyon Experiment (CCE) data report. MBARI.org. Retrieved 5/21/2019. from https://www.mbari.org/science/seafloor-processes/geological-changes/coordinated-canyon-experiment-datareport-main-page/.

Publication authors: Lundsten, E

Publication editors: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Reference system identifier
OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Distribution format
Distributor
  British Oceanographic Data Centre - Director
Joseph Proudman Building , 6 Brownlow Street , Liverpool , Merseyside , L3 5DA , United Kingdom
http://www.bodc.ac.uk/
OnLine resource
Dataset Web Site
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Statement

These datasets were generated under the Monterey Coordinated Canyon Experiment lead by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and involved collaboration with partners in the US, UK and China. NERC contributed to project funds under NERC grant reference NE/K011480/1. All datasets are held by MBARI and will adhere to their data policy procedures. BODC have created a metadata record to enhance discoverability to users in the UK to meet NERC requirements.

Instrument(s) used to collect data: wave recorders; current profilers; single-beam echosounders; multi-beam echosounders; sediment traps; salinity sensor; water pressure sensors; CTD; current meters; water temperature sensor.

File identifier
301dbfb99dd459de822acbe3043b1a65 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2019-07-30T06:31:29
Metadata standard name
MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard
Metadata standard version
Version 2.3.8
Point of contact
  Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - Eve Lundsten ( Research Technician )
7700 Sandholdt Road , Moss Landing , California , 95039-9644 , United States
+1 831 775 1700
+1 831 775 1620
http://www.mbari.org
 
 

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