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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-601-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography (ZP00DXN)

Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s): Tim Clark, NPS

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Density, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Fluorescence, Environmental Data: Meteorology, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect information on circulation and water-column properties in the National Park of American Samoa for the US National Park Sertvice

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Pago Pago, AS

End Port/Location: Pago Pago, AS

Start Date: 2015-02-09

End Date: 2015-02-24

Equipment Used: CTD_SeaBird, temperature, CT sensor, currentmeter, fluorometer, waveguage, wave/tide gauge, pressuresensor, hydrometer, meteorologic, GPS, Moorings - Tripods

Information to be Derived: water depth, current speed, current direction, wave height, wave period, wave direction, acoustic backscatter, water temperature, salinity, fluorescence, optical backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: OTS raw data on Field Activity Database

Staff: Thomas Reiss

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: platform name unknown
all but CTD borrowed
dates pushed back to Feb.

Location:

Tutuila, American Samoa

Boundaries
North: -14.22795645 South: -14.30059189 West: -170.756 East: -170.60730813

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Rosenberger, K.J., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2017, Data from coastal circulation and water-column properties in the National Park of American Samoa, February-July 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release.

Storlazzi, C., Cheriton, O., Rosenberger, K., Logan, J., and Clark, T.B., 2017, Coastal circulation and water-column properties in the National Park of American Samoa, FebruaryâJuly 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1060, 104 p.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CTD_SeaBird --- CTD
temperature --- Temperature
CT sensor --- Conductivity
Temperature
currentmeter --- Current
Vessel-mounted acoustic-doppler current profiler (ADCP) and surface-wind data from the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015 (Spatial surveys of water column currents and surface winds were conducted from February 17 to 20, 2015, off the north coast of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa. These data were collected using an acoustic-doppler current profiler (ADCP) and a meterological sensor in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns within and in the vicinity of the National Park of American Samoa.)
fluorometer --- Fluorescence
waveguage --- Wave
wave/tide gauge --- Tide
Wave
pressuresensor --- Depth
hydrometer --- Density
meteorologic --- Meteorology
GPS --- Navigation
Lagrangian ocean surface drifter deployments off the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015 (Satellite-tracked, DGPS-equipped Lagrangian surface-current drifter deployments were conducted over 12 weeks between 14 April and 7 July 2015 at various locations within and offshore of the National Park of American Samoa study area to track surface currents. The drifters internally logged their location every 1 minute, and they transmitted their positions to satellites every 5 minutes. A drogue was attached to the drifters at 1 m below sea level in order to track the currents at that depth.)
Moorings - Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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