Description
Re-analyzed acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data originally collected by NOAA CO-OPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services) and equivalent point data from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's FVCOM (Finite Volume Community Ocean Model) model of the region. Data are processed to products describing characteristics of tidal currents relevant to tidal turbines, as well as power output estimates for a notional turbine deployed from a surface platform or from the seabed at each location.
These data underpin the results presented in their associated paper - see below.
Project is part of the TEAMER RFTS 3 (request for technical support) program.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Data.zip | ZIP | ADCP re-analysis products for each NOAA CO-OPS survey locations in the San Juan archipelago and equivalent simulation output for a subset of locations, as well as region-wide assessments of hypothetical turbine performance. | Open resource |
| ReadMe.pdf | Description of file structure for ADCP re-analysis products provided for each NOAA CO-OPS site. | Open resource | |
| A comparison of the power potential for surface- and seabed-deployed tidal turbines | HTML | Research paper presenting the results from the data. | Open resource |
Tags
- adcp
- aep
- annual-energy-production
- current
- energy
- hydrokinetic
- marine
- marine-energy
- marine-energy-resource-assessment-and-characterization
- mhk
- power
- processed-data
- raw-data
- resource
- resource-characterization
- rfts-3
- salish-sea
- san-juan-archipelago
- straight-of-georgia
- teamer
- tidal
- tidal-current-energy
- tidal-current-power
- tidal-current-speed
- tidal-energy
- tidal-power
- tidal-turbine
- washington