Brief description
A tide gauge mooring was installed in 10-12m of water 200m off the west coast of Bowen Island, Jervis Bay. Opposed to other moorings in the area, this particular mooring did not house additional current meters. Over a period of approx. 9 months the mooring was deployed 4 times in the same location (as illustrated). Deployments 1-4 -35.1183 S 150.763 E. Approx deployment dates - see individual records for exact date and time of collection: 1) 22/6/89 - 13/7/89... 2) 28/8/89 - 13/11/89... 3) 13/11/89 - 29/1/90... 4) 29/1/90 - 28/3/90. Datasets presented here correspond to data retrieved from the tide gauge over the study period. The Aanderaa WLR5 tide gauges used in this study average over 41 seconds for all sampling intervals. In the case of the 2nd and 3rd deployment the sampling interval was 15mins, while for the 4th deployment a sampling interval of 30mins was used. Unfortunately no data is available from the 1st deployment. The tide gauge was secured to the mooring line on the sea-bed at a depth of ~10m in all deployments. In addition to depth, the tide gauge also housed a temperature sensor. This is one of four child records that relate to the parent, 5f4333e0-2ae5-11dd-a735-00188b4c0af8. A pdf outlining the structure and hierarchy of all metadata records relating to this project is available to download through this record. Also available is a pdf of a published working paper documenting this experiment and the results.Lineage
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CreditFunded by The Department of Defence
Funded by CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research
Previous experiments revealed low frequency water movements in the bay that were wind forced. This was an unexpected result that led to an emphasis on looking at alternative mechanisms of driving circulation. This experiment was designed to monitor the exchange of water between the bay and the shelf.
Issued: 17 01 2008
Data time period: 1989-06-22 to 1990-03-28
text: westlimit=150.5; southlimit=-35.5; eastlimit=151.5; northlimit=-34.5
text: uplimit=12; downlimit=0
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BOWEN ISLAND TIDE GAUGE: 10m: DEPLOYMENTS 2-4: 1HR AVERAGES (Tides_BI_1989.08.28_1hr.xls)
(subset) Bowen Island Tide Gauge: 10m: Deployment 2: 15min samples (Tide2_BI_1989.08.28_15min.xls)
(subset) Bowen Island Tide Gauge: 12m: Deployment 3: 15min samples (Tide3_BI_1989.11.13_15min.xls)
(subset) Bowen Island Tide Gauge: 10m: Deployment 4: 30min samples (Tide4_BI_1990.01.29_30min.xls)
DETAILS OF TIDE GAUGE MOORING (bowentide.jpg)
Hierarchy of metadata records relating to the 'Water Circulation of Jervis Bay' project (Hierarchy.pdf)
WORKING PAPER 1991/1. Oceanographic Measurements in Jervis Bay: April 1989 to April 1990 (Oceanographic_Measurements_in_Jervis_Bay_-_April_1989_to_April_1990.PDF)
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