Joint Archive for Shipboard ADCP - Online Inventory

This data gateway allows users to download the averaged (hourly in time, 10 m in depth) sets, referred to as the JASADCP standard subsets, in ASCII text or NetCDF format.

To access the high resolution data sets, click here for instructions.

The NCEI would like to know about your intended use if you plan to download data.

The unique JASADCP data set is defined by the sonar and cruise. A given cruise could have multiple sonars of varying depth penetration versus resolution characteristics. The unique set is given an ID, called the "SAC_ID". Note in the "cruise" metadata within the SAC_ID summary file, the type of sonar is appended to the cruise ID. If no sonar is given in the cruise metadata, then the default is the NB150, which historically was the most common instrument.

Archive Status as of 2020-01-16


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    Anoymous downloads from these tables are made one sonar-cruise set at a time. Requests are accepted for larger batches to facilitate access.

    Questions or comments: Mr. Patrick Caldwell, patrick.caldwell@noaa.gov


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