Marine Environmental Data & Information Network
National Oceanographic Database data delivery service; pre-filtered for the data collection.
This dataset contains physical oceanographic data, comprising acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) and waverider measurements. The ADCP data were collected using a Teledyne RDI Workhorse Sentinel-600 ADCP mounted on a seabed frame at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) full scale tidal test site at Fall of Warness, Orkney - UK. No structures were present around the instrument at the time of the deployment. Data were collected over a two week period between February and March 2005, with a sampling resolution of 20 minutes. Data were processed by the originator using the company’s in-house Integrated Metocean Processing, Analysis and Quality Control Tool (IMPAQCT) software. Data comprise current speed profile (with on average 40-50 bins), current direction profile (vertical bins), echo amplitude (four beams), percentage good pressure and beam solution, pitch, roll, heading, and water temperature. The waverider data were collected using a Datawell Waverider buoy moored at the southern part of the full-scale wave test site at Billia Croo, Orkney. Data were collected over a one year period in 2017, with a sampling resolution of 30 minutes. Data were processed using the Datawell W@ves21 software. Data comprise wave spectral parameters, including significant wave height, spectra peak period, wave direction at the peak frequency, directional spread at the peak frequency, zero-upcrossing period (from spectra), and mean period (T01). Data were collected by the EMEC as part of research focusing on wave and tidal power development.
Physical oceanographic measurements in Orkney, UK in 2005 and 2017