2008-2009 bottom currents, turbidity, wind and waves in Lake Erie. The dataset is used for calculating bottom shear stress and evaluating bottom shear stress parameterization methods. Bottom shear stress is the driving force of sediment entrainment. Understanding bottom shear stress and being able to model it allows for better understanding of erosion and deposition in Lake Erie.
Pacific Ocean Weather Data captured by NOAA Buoys. The TAO array (renamed the TAO/TRITON array on 1 January 2000) consists of approximately 70 moorings in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, telemetering oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system. The array is a major component of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing System, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). Support is provided primarily by the United States (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and Japan (Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and TEChnology) with additional contributions from France (Institut de recherche pour le developpement).
This archive includes data from the University of Washington WASIRF (Washington Air-Sea Interaction Research Facility) flume. WASIRF is a laboratory testing tank at the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center designed to investigate wind-wave-current interactions. It includes test data for simultaneous waves and current generation done at the WASIRF lab. A report included in the archive further details testing methodology. Wave and current data is provided in .dat files.