The USNA long-term scintillation study is a continuing effort to characterize and measure optical turbulence in the near-maritime boundary layer.

Summary

The field campaign utilized a ScinTec BLS450 scintillometer to characterize the strength of optical turbulence over a link approximately 3 [m] above the river’s surface between January 1\textsuperscript{st}, 2020, and July 26\textsuperscript{th}, 2023. This field campaign included a range of meteorological and oceanographic measurements from nearby NOAA, National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), and Academy weather stations.

The long-term dataset covers the period between January 1\textsuperscript{st}, 2020 and July 14\textsuperscript{th}, 2022. This data set includes local measurements made with a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station, as well as water conditions from the NDBC Thomas Point data buoy.

Details

Additional Information * Frequency: 1 minute * Language: English

Categories * Surface

Platforms * National Data Buoy Center station TPLM2

Instruments * ScinTec BLS450 * Davis Vantage Pro2

Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2020-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2022-07-14 00:00:00

Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.98 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 38.98 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -76.48 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -76.48

Primary contact information * author: Chris Jellen cjellen@microsoft.com