Other ID: S-1-04-SC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Marinna Martini
Affiliate Investigator(s): Jingping Xu, USGS-Menlo Park
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy 2 tripods, one subsurface mooring and 2 surface moorings on Palos Verdes Shelf to measure waves, turbulence, circulation, sediment resuspension, etc.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA
End Port/Location: San Diego, CA
Start Date: 2004-02-09
End Date: 2004-02-17
Equipment Used: Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Moorings deployed: 4 (#757, 758 and 760, all recovered FA 04059 SPROUL June 10, 2004; #759 recovered FA 04060 SEA WATCH Apr. 6, 2004).
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Menlo: Jingping Xu (ch. sci.)
Joanne Ferreira
Anne Gartner
David Gonzales
Lori Hibbeler
Walter Olsen
Kevin Orzech
Michael Torresan
Harold Williams
Notes: This is a Menlo Park cruise; no WHSC personnel participated.
Project = EPA Palos Verdes, EPA Palos Verdes
Location:
Palos Verdes Shelf, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America, North Pacific,
Boundaries | |||
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North: 33.71196478 | South: 33.68038564 | West: -118.36303485 | East: -118.3035245 |
Platform(s):
Robert Gordon Sproul |
Noble, M.A., Rosenberger, K.J., Xu, J., Signell, R.P., Steele, A., 2009, Connections among the spatial and temporal structures in tidal currents, internal bores, and surficial sediment distributions over the shelf off Palos Verdes, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5094, 41 p., doi: 10.3133/sir20085094.
Wiberg, P.L., and Sherwood, Christopher R., 2008, Calculating wave-generated bottom orbital velocities from surface-wave parameters: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34 no. 10, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.010.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 2004-058-FA-OM-001 (mooring data) |