README_ancillary.txt

Overview:

 This data set provides ancillary environmental measurements collected during the months of May and April, 2004. i.e. sea surface height, hudson river disharge, etc. 


Data files are partitioned in the following way:


Wind data collected at NOAA Station ALSN6 - Ambrose Light, NY (from the National Data Buoy center)

Sea Level at the Battery from station 8518750 -The Battery , NY(preliminary data) (from the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services)

Sea Level at Sandy Hook from station 8531680  -Sandy Hook , NJ (from the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services)

Hudson River disharge courtesy of the USGS. Disharge was calculkated from the sum of discharges at the Fort Edwards Station and the COhoes station.


Data format:

There are two file formats provided, Matlab (*.mat) and ASCII format.

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Variables included in Matlab data files are:
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Wind Files
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Name		Description        
time		Matlab datenum time
speed		Wind Speed (m/s)
direction	WInd Direction (degrees)

Sea Level Files
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Name	Description    
time  	Matlab datenum time
wl	Water Level(m)
 
Disharge file
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Name		Description 
time		Matlab datenum time
disharge	River Disharge(cubic feet per sec)

  


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ASCII files are row-column format.
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Wind files
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Time	Speed	Direction



Sea Level Files
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Time  Water Level(m) 



Disharge file
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Time  Discharge(ft^3/s)



Questions? 

Contact 
Eli Hunter 
Rutgers UNiversity
71 Dudley Rd
NEw Brunswick,NJ 08901
732-932-3704
hunter@marine.rutgers.edu