Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

Kilcher, Levi; McVey, James

doi:10.15473/1876584

Title: Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021

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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 filesmore »« less

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Kilcher, Levi; McVey, James

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

Other Number(s):: 440

Research Org.:: Marine and Hydrokinetic Data Repository (MHKDR); National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office (EE-4WP)

Collaborations:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Subject:: 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER; ADCP; ADV; Alaska; DOLfYN; Hydrokinetic; MATLAB; MHK; Marine; Nortek; Signature 500; acoustic doppler current profiler; acoustic doppler velocimeter; current; data; energy; frequency; measurements; mooring; power; processed data; python; raw data; resource; tidal

OSTI Identifier:: 1876584

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15473/1876584

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                    Kilcher, Levi, & McVey, James. Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/1876584

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"Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15473/1876584.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1876584. Pub date:Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021

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@article{osti_1876584,

  title        = {Tidal Energy Resource Characterization, Bottom Lander Measurements, Cook Inlet, AK, 2021},

  author       = {Kilcher, Levi and McVey, James},

  abstractNote = {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.},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2021},

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