#Data Set: HALE ALOHA Current Meters in Maui Sill

#Location: 22 37.185N, 156 57.885W
#Ocean depth: 4560 m
#Depths of current meters: 4465m (top.dat) and 4540.5m (mid.dat)
#Time span: deployed on May 12, 1997 and recovered on April 29, 1998
#Files: top.dat and mid.dat
#Exact times of time-series in each file:
   top (4465m): 1997/05/14 00:27:00.00 to 1997/11/19 10:07:00.00
middle (4540m): 1997/05/14 00:25:00.00 to 1997/12/22 23:25:00.00
#Format: 

 Time                                 1 Days since Jan 1, 1997
                                        ie, Jan 1 at 00Z = 1.00
 U component of current               2 cm/s
 V component of current               3 cm/s 
 Current speed magnitude              4 cm/s
 Current direction                    5 degrees magnetic
 X progressive vector                 6 km
 Y progressive vector                 7 km
 Temperature                          8 degrees celcius
 Pressure (unused)                    9 No valid data


#Instrument: Anderaa current meters

#Originator:
Dr. Pierre Flament
Department of Oceanography
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI 96822
Fax: +1 808-9569225
flament@soest.hawaii.edu

#Project:
Hawaii Air-sea Logging Experiment, A Long-term Oligotrophic 
Habitat Assessment (HALE ALOHA)

This bottom-mounted array of current meters were located near 
the HALE ALOHA mooring in support of the HALE ALOHA study. They
are located within a topographical feature called the Maui Sill.