TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report
This project evaluated how high-resolution, spatially distributed field data can be used to refine and validate site-scale hydrodynamic simulations of tidal channels. Use of such spatially-distributed field observations or site-scale hydrodynamic simulations will be needed for producing accurate predictions of tidal energy production over larger arrays of tidal turbines.
The data contained in this archive includes field observations of water velocity from a series of short surveys in Agate Pass taken on August 20th, 2020 using station-keeping ADCP (acoustic doppler current profiler) measurements, drifting downward-looking ADCPs, and microFloats, gathered by researchers at APL-UW under a previous project. It also includes high-resolution hydrodynamic model runs for the site during that time generated under TEAMER RFTS 4 (request for technical support) support.
An explanatory file (.pdf format) describes the survey and field data structure. Processed data is stored in .mat format.
Survey summary: start time, number of floats, water level.
microFloat data:
- Cleaned data for each float in survey,
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), depth (relative to surface), and horizontal velocity (u, v)
Drifting ADCP data:
- Cleaned data for each drifting ADCP in survey
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), sample depth (relative to surface), and observed water velocity (u,v,w)
Stationary ADCP data:
- Cleaned data for each station-keeping data set in survey
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), sample depth (relative to surface), and observed water velocity (u,v,w)
FVCOM (Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model) model outputs:
Water level and velocity, as well as derived variables (e.g., power density) from the final refined model simulations for the Agate Pass subdomain. Contained in NetCDF and ASCII files for the duration of August 18th and 20th 2020 field surveys.
Additional scripts for processing the data and generating the figures in the report are included.
Citation Formats
TY - DATA
AB - This project evaluated how high-resolution, spatially distributed field data can be used to refine and validate site-scale hydrodynamic simulations of tidal channels. Use of such spatially-distributed field observations or site-scale hydrodynamic simulations will be needed for producing accurate predictions of tidal energy production over larger arrays of tidal turbines.
The data contained in this archive includes field observations of water velocity from a series of short surveys in Agate Pass taken on August 20th, 2020 using station-keeping ADCP (acoustic doppler current profiler) measurements, drifting downward-looking ADCPs, and microFloats, gathered by researchers at APL-UW under a previous project. It also includes high-resolution hydrodynamic model runs for the site during that time generated under TEAMER RFTS 4 (request for technical support) support.
An explanatory file (.pdf format) describes the survey and field data structure. Processed data is stored in .mat format.
Survey summary: start time, number of floats, water level.
microFloat data:
- Cleaned data for each float in survey,
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), depth (relative to surface), and horizontal velocity (u, v)
Drifting ADCP data:
- Cleaned data for each drifting ADCP in survey
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), sample depth (relative to surface), and observed water velocity (u,v,w)
Stationary ADCP data:
- Cleaned data for each station-keeping data set in survey
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), sample depth (relative to surface), and observed water velocity (u,v,w)
FVCOM (Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model) model outputs:
Water level and velocity, as well as derived variables (e.g., power density) from the final refined model simulations for the Agate Pass subdomain. Contained in NetCDF and ASCII files for the duration of August 18th and 20th 2020 field surveys.
Additional scripts for processing the data and generating the figures in the report are included.
AU - Harrison, Trevor
A2 - Wang, Taiping
A3 - Yang, Zhaoqing
DB - Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.15473/2246636
KW - marine
KW - energy
KW - TEAMER
KW - environment
KW - resource
KW - tidal velocity
KW - power
KW - processed data
KW - code
KW - MATLAB
KW - microFloat
KW - ADCP
KW - Agate Pass
KW - Puget Sound
KW - Washington
KW - Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research
KW - tidal
KW - characterization
KW - acoustic doppler current profiler
KW - RFTS 4
KW - Marine Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization
LA - English
DA - 2020/08/20
PY - 2020
PB - University of Washington (NNMREC) Applied Physics Lab
T1 - TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report
UR - https://doi.org/10.15473/2246636
ER -
Harrison, Trevor, et al. TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report . University of Washington (NNMREC) Applied Physics Lab, 20 August, 2020, Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15473/2246636.
Harrison, T., Wang, T., & Yang, Z. (2020). TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report . [Data set]. Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. University of Washington (NNMREC) Applied Physics Lab. https://doi.org/10.15473/2246636
Harrison, Trevor, Taiping Wang, and Zhaoqing Yang. TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report . University of Washington (NNMREC) Applied Physics Lab, August, 20, 2020. Distributed by Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.15473/2246636
@misc{MHKDR_Dataset_514,
title = {TEAMER: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization and Model Validation via the Assessment of Distributed Current Measurements from microFloat Swarms, Data and Post-Access Report },
author = {Harrison, Trevor and Wang, Taiping and Yang, Zhaoqing},
abstractNote = {This project evaluated how high-resolution, spatially distributed field data can be used to refine and validate site-scale hydrodynamic simulations of tidal channels. Use of such spatially-distributed field observations or site-scale hydrodynamic simulations will be needed for producing accurate predictions of tidal energy production over larger arrays of tidal turbines.
The data contained in this archive includes field observations of water velocity from a series of short surveys in Agate Pass taken on August 20th, 2020 using station-keeping ADCP (acoustic doppler current profiler) measurements, drifting downward-looking ADCPs, and microFloats, gathered by researchers at APL-UW under a previous project. It also includes high-resolution hydrodynamic model runs for the site during that time generated under TEAMER RFTS 4 (request for technical support) support.
An explanatory file (.pdf format) describes the survey and field data structure. Processed data is stored in .mat format.
Survey summary: start time, number of floats, water level.
microFloat data:
- Cleaned data for each float in survey,
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), depth (relative to surface), and horizontal velocity (u, v)
Drifting ADCP data:
- Cleaned data for each drifting ADCP in survey
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), sample depth (relative to surface), and observed water velocity (u,v,w)
Stationary ADCP data:
- Cleaned data for each station-keeping data set in survey
- Time series of position (lat., lon.), sample depth (relative to surface), and observed water velocity (u,v,w)
FVCOM (Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model) model outputs:
Water level and velocity, as well as derived variables (e.g., power density) from the final refined model simulations for the Agate Pass subdomain. Contained in NetCDF and ASCII files for the duration of August 18th and 20th 2020 field surveys.
Additional scripts for processing the data and generating the figures in the report are included. },
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/514},
year = {2020},
howpublished = {Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository, University of Washington (NNMREC) Applied Physics Lab, https://doi.org/10.15473/2246636},
note = {Accessed: 2025-04-24},
doi = {10.15473/2246636}
}
https://dx.doi.org/10.15473/2246636
Details
Data from Aug 20, 2020
Last updated Nov 18, 2024
Submitted Oct 14, 2023
Organization
University of Washington (NNMREC) Applied Physics Lab
Contact
Trevor Harrison
774.212.1063
Authors
Keywords
marine, energy, TEAMER, environment, resource, tidal velocity, power, processed data, code, MATLAB, microFloat, ADCP, Agate Pass, Puget Sound, Washington, Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research, tidal, characterization, acoustic doppler current profiler, RFTS 4, Marine Energy Resource Assessment and CharacterizationDOE Project Details
Project Name Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research
Project Lead Lauren Ruedy
Project Number EE0008895
