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UNH TDP - ADCP Raw Data and Processing Scripts - Fall 2021

Bharath, Aidan·Wosnik, Martin·O'Byrne, Patrick·Nichols, Casey·Bichanich, Mason·Hunt, Jon·Raye, Robert·Monahan, Michael
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This submission contains raw Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data and processing scripts associated with MHKDR submission 394 (UNH TDP - Concurrent Measurements of Inflow, Power Performance, and Loads for a Grid-Synchronized Vertical Axis Cross-Flow Turbine Operating in a Tidal Estuary, DOI: 10.15473/1973860) from the University of New Hampshire and Atlantic Marine Energy Center (AMEC) turbine deployment platform. The user is directed to the MHKDR submission 394 for relevant context and detail of this deployment; see link below. The 394_READ_ME file here provides the description from that submission for quick reference. The READ_ME file for this specific instrument from the 394 submission is also available here. This submission contains a zipped folder structure containing raw data in its original format and MATLAB (2019a) processing scripts used to process and manipulate the data into its final form. The final data products are submitted in the 394 submission.

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Bharath, Aidan, Wosnik, Martin, O'Byrne, Patrick, Nichols, Casey, Bichanich, Mason, Hunt, Jon, Raye, Robert, Monahan, Michael. 2021-12-21. UNH TDP - ADCP Raw Data and Processing Scripts - Fall 2021. https://doi.org/10.15473/1987334

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