SBC LTER: Ocean: Ocean Currents and Biogeochemistry: Moored CTD and ADCP data from Arroyo Quemado, Site AQM

ADCP (Currents), CTD (Hydrography) and Optics (Fluorescence, Beam Attenuation, and Volume Scattering Function) data were collected year-round on the reef at Arroyo Quemado in the Santa Barbara Channel. The data contained here is for sampling site AQM, occupied for ~3 years, until kelp cover increased and obstucted flow to the reef. The mooring was moved about 200m to the SE in November 2004 to a new site named ARQ (data in package id knb-lter-sbc.2005). Data have been interpolated to a 20 min interval. ADCP data are orgainized into 1-meter bins, measured as height from the bottom, to a maximum of 16 bins. All bins may not be filled,and in some cases, data from bins technically above the surface are included. VSF data are available at angles, 100, 125 and 150 degrees. CTD parameters include Pressure, Temperature, Conductivity, Salinity, Density and Fluorescence. The CTD array is located approximately 4.5 meters from the surface, and there are additional temperature thermistors near the CTD array, at the bottom, and mid way between these two.