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OAS accession Detail for 0067574
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| Title: | Currents, wind speed, wind direction, temperature, attenuation, conductivity, and sigma-theta data from moorings deployed off the coast of Palos Verdes, CA from platforms ROBERT GORDON SPROUL, SEAWATCH, and YELLOWFIN from February 15, 2004 to July 8, 2004 (NODC Accession 0067574) |
| Abstract: | The Palos Verdes shelf near Los Angeles is contaminated with DDT and PCBs discharged through the White Point ocean outfalls, mostly prior to 1971. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiated Superfund remediation activities, including a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS). As part of the RI/FS, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), with assistance from the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD), conducted an oceanographic measurement program on the Palos Verdes shelf from early March through early July 2004. The objectives of the program were to measure currents, temperature, and salinity throughout the water column at high sampling rates; measure near-bottom current speeds, wave-orbital motions, and suspended-sediment concentrations; and use the data collected to determine the quantity and direction of sediment erosion and transport on the shelf. This page links to the data obtained during the field program. |
| Date received: | 20100930 |
| Start date: | 20040214 |
| End date: | 20040708 |
| Seanames: | North Pacific Ocean |
| West boundary: | -118.418 |
| East boundary: | -118.3508 |
| North boundary: | 33.7333 |
| South boundary: | 33.7067 |
| Observation types: | physical, time series |
| Instrument types: | current meter, mooring, thermometer |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, Attenuation/Transmission, CONDUCTIVITY, CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U), CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V), CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W), HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE, WATER TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION, WIND SPEED |
| Submitter: | Montgomery, Ellyn |
| Submitting institution: | US DOI; US Geological Survey; Woods Hole Science Center |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOI; US Geological Survey; Woods Hole Science Center |
| Contributing projects: | |
| Platforms: | moorings (pid: 2565), ROBERT GORDON SPROUL (32QU), YELLOWFIN (31YE) |
| Number of observations: | |
| Supplementary 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. Lead USGS Scientists: Marlene Noble and Chris Sherwood Collaborators: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Los Angeles County Sanitation District (LACSD) Publications: Ferre, B., Sherwood, C.R., and Wiberg, P.L., 2010, Sediment transport on the Palos Verdes shelf, California: Continental Shelf Research, v. 30, no. 7, p. 761-780, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.011 |
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| Metadata version: | 5 |
| Keydate: | 2010-09-30 19:36:50+00 |
| Editdate: | 2013-10-16 16:57:15+00 |