Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021
These datasets are from tidal resource characterization measurements collected on the Terrasond High Energy Oceanographic Mooring (THEOM) from 1 July 2021 to 30 August 2021 (60 days) in Cook Inlet, Alaska. The lander was deployed at 60.7207031 N, 151.4294998 W in ~50 m of water.
The dataset contains raw and processed data from the following two instruments:
1. A Nortek Signature 500 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). Data were recorded in 4 Hz in the beam coordinate system from all 5 beams. Processed data has been averaged into 5 minutes bins and converted to the East-North-Up (ENU) coordinate system.
2. A Nortek Vector acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV). Data were recorded at 8 Hz in the beam coordinate system. Processed data has been averaged into 5 minutes bins and converted to the Streamwise - Cross-stream - Vertical (Principal) coordinate system. Turbulence statistics were calculated from 5-minute bins, with an FFT length equal to the bin length, and saved in the processed dataset.
Data was read and analyzed using the DOLfYN (version 1.0.2) python package and saved in MATLAB (.mat) and netCDF (.nc) file formats. Files containing analyzed data (".b1") were standardized using the TSDAT (version 0.4.2) python package.
NetCDF files can be opened using DOLfYN (e.g., `dat = dolfyn.load(''*.nc")`) or the xarray python package (e.g. `dat = xarray.open_dataset("*.nc").
All distances are in meters (e.g., depth, range, etc), and all velocities in m/s. See the DOLfYN documentation linked in the submission, and/or the Nortek documentation for additional details.
Citation Formats
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2021). Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021 [data set]. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1876584.
Kilcher, Levi, McVey, James. Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021. United States: N.p., 01 Jul, 2021. Web. doi: 10.15473/1876584.
Kilcher, Levi, McVey, James. Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021. United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1876584
Kilcher, Levi, McVey, James. 2021. "Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021". United States. https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1876584. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/440.
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The dataset contains raw and processed data from the following two instruments:
1. A Nortek Signature 500 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). Data were recorded in 4 Hz in the beam coordinate system from all 5 beams. Processed data has been averaged into 5 minutes bins and converted to the East-North-Up (ENU) coordinate system.
2. A Nortek Vector acoustic Doppler velocimeter (ADV). Data were recorded at 8 Hz in the beam coordinate system. Processed data has been averaged into 5 minutes bins and converted to the Streamwise - Cross-stream - Vertical (Principal) coordinate system. Turbulence statistics were calculated from 5-minute bins, with an FFT length equal to the bin length, and saved in the processed dataset.
Data was read and analyzed using the DOLfYN (version 1.0.2) python package and saved in MATLAB (.mat) and netCDF (.nc) file formats. Files containing analyzed data (".b1") were standardized using the TSDAT (version 0.4.2) python package.
NetCDF files can be opened using DOLfYN (e.g., `dat = dolfyn.load(''*.nc")`) or the xarray python package (e.g. `dat = xarray.open_dataset("*.nc").
All distances are in meters (e.g., depth, range, etc), and all velocities in m/s. See the DOLfYN documentation linked in the submission, and/or the Nortek documentation for additional details.}, doi = {10.15473/1876584}, url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/440}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2021}, month = {07}}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/1876584
Details
Data from Jul 1, 2021
Last updated Feb 14, 2024
Submitted Jul 18, 2022
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Contact
Levi Kilcher
303.384.7192
Authors
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, power, Signature 500, Nortek, acoustic doppler current profiler, ADCP, mooring, Alaska, acoustic doppler velocimeter, ADV, frequency, tidal, current, measurements, resource, python, MATLAB, data, raw data, processed data, DOLfYNDOE Project Details
Project Name Model Validation and Site Characterization for Early Deployment MHK Sites and Establishment of Wave Classification Scheme
Project Lead Heather Spence
Project Number FY21 AOP 2.1.5.401