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Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT) processed Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) transect data averaged from 0 to 2 meters on June 24, 2015

This data release supports the following publication: Hittle, Elizabeth, 2017, Longshore water-current velocity and the potential for transport of contaminants: A pilot study in Lake Erie from Walnut Creek to Presque Isle State Park beaches, Erie, Pennsylvania, June and August 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1206 126 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161206 This dataset is Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT) processed Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) data. The data was processed with a horizontal averaging of 5 grid nodes (Parsons, D.R., Jackson, P.R., Czuba, J.A., Oberg, K.A., Mueller, D.S., Rhoads, B., Best, J.L., Johnson, K.K., Engel, F., and Riley, J. (2013) Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT): a processing and visualization suite for moving-vessel ADCP measurements, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. doi: 10.1002/esp.3367). The data was collected on June 24, the depth range is 0 to 2 meters.

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Author(s) Elizabeth A Hittle orcid
Publication Date 2017
Beginning Date of Data 2015-06-24
Ending Date of Data 2015-06-24
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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7KP808D
Citation Hittle, E.A., 2017, Velocity Mapping Toolbox (VMT) processed Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) transect data averaged from 0 to 2 meters on June 24, 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7KP808D.
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Metadata Date 2020-08-27
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