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Oceanographic Observations, Hudson Shelf Valley, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-217

Principal Axes of Currents


Station 
(water depth)

Inst.
Depth 

Inst.
Type

Start
Date

Stop
Date

Points
(N)

Major
(a1h)
(cm/s)

Minor
(a1h)
(cm/s)

Orient.
(a1h)
(deg.)

Ellip.
(a1h)

Major
(lp)
(cm/s)

Minor
(lp)
(cm/s)

Orient.
(lp)
(deg.)

Ellip.
(lp)

A
(38 m)

5
mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3192

13.54

11.38

11.91

0.16

11.95

7.85

359.21

0.40

A

15 mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3193

15.09

7.85

359.21

0.48

14.47

3.13

6.45

0.78

A

30 mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3193

17.31

6.16

350.19

0.64

16.28

2.31

355.69

0.86

A

45 mbs

(N/A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

1 mab

BASS

12/04/99

04/14/00

3169

12.31

3.80

340.64

0.69

11.58

1.74

344.49

0.85

A

1 mab

BASS (2)

12/04/99

04/14/00

3169

10.18

3.25

341.72

0.68

9.58

1.48

345.76

0.85

B
(56 m)

5
mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3177

14.40

9.30

0.23

0.35

12.45

6.13

9.89

0.51

B

15 mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3184

15.76

5.95

352.26

0.62

14.83

3.23

357.43

0.78

B

30 mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3184

19.88

4.42

349.67

0.78

18.98

2.47

351.46

0.87

B

45 mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3184

20.59

3.27

346.57

0.84

19.98

1.94

347.19

0.90

B

1 mab

BASS

12/04/99

04/17/00

3231

14.39

2.47

332.36

0.83

14.04

1.50

332.41

0.89

B

1 mab

BASS (2)

12/04/99

04/15/00

3184

10.75

1.94

332.44

0.82

10.48

1.20

332.45

0.89

C
(70 m)

5
mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/16/00

3093

13.65

11.14

295.96

0.18

7.48

6.35

281.11

0.15

C

15 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/16/00

3187

14.48

6.87

308.96

0.53

12.28

5.33

313.12

0.57

C

30 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/16/00

3187

15.78

5.05

308.54

0.68

13.89

3.70

310.42

0.73

C

45 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/16/00

3187

17.19

4.26

309.32

0.75

15.62

3.12

309.59

0.80

C

1 mab

MAVS

12/05/99

04/16/00

3187

12.40

3.23

309.04

0.74

11.69

2.04

307.95

0.83

D
(26 m)

5
mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/15/00

3145

13.56

8.78

293.09

0.35

9.56

5.67

267.78

0.41

D

15 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/15/00

3159

12.75

8.08

299.43

0.37

9.30

6.10

273.00

0.34

D

30 mbs

(N/A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

45 mbs

(N/A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

1 mab

BASS

12/05/99

04/15/00

3159

7.69

5.33

274.74

0.31

5.72

4.31

241.17

0.25

D

1 mab

BASS (2)

01/26/00

04/15/00

1913

5.17

3.68

271.84

0.29

3.78

2.88

233.04

0.24

E
(25 m)

5
mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3182

12.91

8.22

5.61

0.36

10.31

4.17

15.60

0.60

E

15 mbs

ADCP

12/04/99

04/15/00

3193

11.10

5.35

349.82

0.50

9.27

3.04

359.71

0.67

E

30 mbs

(N/A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

45 mbs

(N/A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

1 mab

MAVS

12/04/99

04/15/00

3103

6.44

2.79

354.94

0.57

5.29

1.96

353.29

0.63

F
(70 m)

5
mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/07/00

2729

14.44

11.08

333.74

0.23

5.28

4.10

305.00

0.22

F

15 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/07/00

2627

14.47

7.24

299.96

0.50

7.78

3.81

297.41

0.51

F

30 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/07/00

2975

15.17

6.42

301.13

0.58

12.09

4.90

301.58

0.59

F

45 mbs

ADCP

12/05/99

04/07/00

2983

15.80

6.26

300.42

0.60

13.33

5.14

300.78

0.61



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