Currents, temperature, conductivity, and attenuation data measured from mooring deployed in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary from the platforms MARLIN, OCEANUS, ARGO MAINE, and VINCIE N as part of the Massachusetts Bay Circulation Experiment between September 12th, 1990 through June 19th, 1991 (NCEI Accession 0061458)
Current measurements collected at 6 sites in Massachusetts Bay throughout the year to map the tidal, wind and density driven currents.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Montgomery, Ellyn; US DOI/US Geological Survey > Woods Hole Science Center (2010). Currents, temperature, conductivity, and attenuation data measured from mooring deployed in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary from the platforms MARLIN, OCEANUS, ARGO MAINE, and VINCIE N as part of the Massachusetts Bay Circulation Experiment between September 12th, 1990 through June 19th, 1991 (NCEI Accession 0061458). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0061458. Accessed [date].
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Time Period | 1990-09-12 to 1991-06-19 |
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West: -70.4749
East: -70.2627
South: 41.9333
North: 42.3647
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Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed Historical archive - data has been stored in an offline storage facility |
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Supplemental Information | This archival package contains only a snapshot of the USGS time series database. The data on the originator's website, http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/, may have updates that are not yet captured here. In this Accession, NODC has archived multiple versions of these data. The latest (and best) version of these data has the largest version number. USGS PIs: R. Signell, B. Butman Collaborators: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, UMASS Boston, and the University of New Hampshire, Environmental Protection Agency Massachusetts Bays Program Publications: Bothner, M.H., Butman, B., Alexander, P.S., Baldwin, S.M., Blackwood, D.S., Borden, J., Casso, M.A., Crusius, J., Goudreau, J., Kalnejais, L.H., Lamothe, P.J., Martin, W.R., Martini, M.A., Rendigs, R.R., Sayles, F.L., Signell, R.P., Valentine, P.C., and Warner, J.C., 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean - Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p.. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1302/) Hotchkiss, Frances S., and Signell, Richard P., 1991, Average near-bottom currents in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay measured with Woodhead drifters; progress report for drifters released Sept. 1990 through May 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File-Report 91-361, 14 p.. (Available as a PDF version). (Also available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr91361) Warner, J. C., Butman, B., and Dalyander, P. S., 2008, Storm-driven sediment transport in Massachusetts Bay: Continental Shelf Research, v. 28, no. 2: p. 257-282. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.08.008) Warner, John C., Sherwood, Christopher R., Signell, Richard P., Harris, Courtney K., and Arango, Hernan G., 2008, Development of a three-dimensional, regional, coupled wave, current, and sediment-transport model: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34, no. 10: p. 1284-1306. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.012) |
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