Current data from the northern Gulf of Mexico

Abstract

A 20-month study of the circulation patterns and the processes that resuspend and transport sediment and/or pollutants within Mobile Bay, Alabama and over the adjacent gulf-coast shelf began in July, 1990. This report depicts data that was collected by one mooring deployed during the study. The single mooring monitored near-surface and near-bottom current, temperature, salinity and water clarity in 30 m of water on the shelf. This report also presents some statistical parameters derived from the data, together with wind and sea level data for the time spanning the entire study (July 1990 -March 1992.