Data and software to accompany "Multiplatform Characterization of Currents in Agate Pass, WA"

Abstract

This archive includes the datasets and software used in the creation of the manuscript: Multiplatform Characterization of Currents in Agate Pass, WA. In the paper, we evaluate the ability of a new float technology, the $\mu$Floats, to map, in three-dimensions, tidal currents in the energetic flows of Agate Pass, WA, a tidal channel in Puget Sound. Measurements from the floats swarm are compared against simultaneously-gathered station-keeping and drifting ADCP observations. Results demonstrate excellent agreement between the platforms -- within $\sim 10\%$ of the mean current speed -- throughout the tidal cycle.