Depth and velocity measurements in the South Saskatchewan River, Canada (2015-2017)
Data were collected in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to provide information on the distribution of flow depth and depth-averaged flow velocity at cross-sections on the South Saskatchewan River, Canada. Data were obtained using a Sontek M9 acoustic Doppler current profiler (aDcp) mounted onto either a small zodiac boat or a SonTek Hydroboard. Data for each cross-section is recorded in a single file. Individual points within each file represent single locations on the particular cross-section. Data were collected as part of NERC project NE/L00738X/1. Full details about this dataset can be found at
https://doi.org/10.5285/e4fe2ebe-b207-47d5-8c77-9873afc63da9
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Identification
- File identifier
- e4fe2ebe-b207-47d5-8c77-9873afc63da9 XML
- Resource type
- dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Spatial representation type
- textTable
Encoding
- Format
- Comma-separated values (CSV)
Projection
- code
- WGS 84
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Inland waters
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-09-04
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Data were collected in 2015, 2016 and 2017 to provide information on the distribution of flow depth and depth-averaged flow velocity at cross-sections on the South Saskatchewan River, Canada. Data were obtained using a Sontek M9 acoustic Doppler current profiler (aDcp) mounted onto either a small zodiac boat or a SonTek Hydroboard. The position of the aDcp was recorded using a RTK dGPS system. Velocities were calculated relative to the instrument head and were corrected using the dGPS calculated boat speed and heading. The aDcp data were collected in pulse coherent mode, averaging 7 pings per second, and were averaged to 1 Hz to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The M9 uses 9 transducers at frequencies between 0.5 and 3.0 MHz. The accuracy of M9 velocity measurements is +/-1 cm/s. Data were collected along cross-sections of the river that extended between both banks and were aligned approximately perpendicular to the downstream flow direction. Velocities reported here are the two horizontal components of the depth-averaged velocity. For details on files, see the supporting documentation.
- Distance
- 10 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
- Access constraints
- no limitations
- Access constraints
- This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
- Access constraints
- © Natural Environment Research Council
- Access constraints
- If you reuse this data, you should cite: Unsworth, C., Nicholas, A., Ashworth, P., Parsons, D., Sambrook Smith, G. (2019). Depth and velocity measurements in the South Saskatchewan River, Canada (2015-2017). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e4fe2ebe-b207-47d5-8c77-9873afc63da9
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- University of Exeter
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- National Oceanography Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Exeter
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Brighton
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Hull
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Birmingham
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- University of Exeter
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- National Oceanography Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Exeter
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Brighton
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Hull
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- University of Birmingham
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
- enquiries@ceh.ac.uk
Metadata information
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- Organisation name
- NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
- info@eidc.ac.uk
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-27T16:29:06
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- utf8