Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Pacific Coral Reefs (GX.16.MN00.FRV20.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi (PCMSC)
Information Specialist(s): Ilsa Kuffner
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy wave/tide gauges to measure waves and water levels over coral reefs.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Buck Island, USVI
End Port/Location: Buck Island, USVI
Start Date: 2015-10-20
End Date: 2015-10-23
Equipment Used: GPS , Tripods
Information to be Derived: water level, wave height, wave period
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Instrumentation was deployed on the reef.
Staff: Ilsa Kuffner
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Curt Storlazzi info project number GX15ZP00FRV0000
Filled out by Carol Reiss so Curt could get a FAN to initiate travel.
Ilsa to edit info as needed.
Location:
Buck Island, USVI
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 17.79707337 | South: 17.77303836 | West: -64.6353 | East: -64.60228799 |
Platform(s):
Unknown |
Rosenberger, K.J., Cheriton, O.M., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2020, Cross-reef wave and water level data from coral reef environments: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH.
Toth, L.T., Storlazzi, C.D., Kuffner, I.B., Quataert, E., Reyns, J., McCall, R., Stathakopoulos, A., Hillis-Starr, Z., Holloway, N.H., Ewen, K.A., Pollock, C.G., Code, T., Aronson, R.B., 2023, The potential for coral reef restoration to mitigate coastal flooding as sea levels rise: Nature Communications, v. 14 no. 1, 2313 p., doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37858-2.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) Benchmarks Navigation | Buck Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, wave and water level data, 2015 (Time series data of wave height and water surface elevation were acquired for 147 days at four locations off of the north coast and four locations off the south coast of Buck Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns and the transformation of surface waves over the coral reefs.) |
