Benchmark datasets for shear probes

These datasets can be accessed from a dropbox folder, and will eventually be housed at the BODC center with a DOI.

We provide a number of matlab routines to read in and compare data from grouped NetCDF files that follow our recommended structure on our GitHub repository. The Matlab function ATOMIX_load.m there can be used to load a benchmark data file..

Filename Prefix	Platform	Instrument	Region	PI (ATOMIX)	Comment
VMP250_TidalChannel_024	Ship	VMP-250	Haro Strait	Lueck	Intense turbulence. Large up/down drafts. Most estimates require fitting to the inertial subrange.
EPSILOMETER_RockallTrough	Ship	Epsilometer	Rockall Trough	Le Boyer	Strong turbulence in a canyon
VMP2000_FaroeBankChannel	Ship	VMP-2000	Faroe Bank Channel (North Atlantic)	Fer	ranging from quiescent mid-water to turbulent, deep gravity current
MSS_BalticSea	Ship	MSS	Baltic Sea	Holtermann
Nemo_MR1000_Minas_Passage_InStream	Mooring	MicroRider	Minas Passage (Bay of Fundy, NS)	Lueck	a swift tidal channel. Dissipation estimated from the inertial subrange
VMP_SA_Sodwana_Bay_KZN_048	Dive boat	VMP-250-TE	Agulhas Current(Sodwana Bay, SA)	Lueck	Western boundary current. A good and bad profile

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ATOMIX members: see also tentative benchmarks for testers