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: 2015-07-13
End Date: 2015-07-24
Equipment Used: CTD_SeaBird, Other, temperature, CT, currentmeter, fluorometer, waveguage, wave/tide gauge, Sensors - pressure, hydrometer, meteorologic, navigation, 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: Data and mooring logs for AMS15M1, AMS15M2, AMS15M3, AMS15M4, and AMS15M5 submitted to FAD on 9/10/2015
Staff: Joshua Logan, Thomas Reiss, Curt Storlazzi
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: platform name unknown
all but CTD borrowed
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-601-FA
Location:
Tutuila, American Samoa
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: -14.22795645 | South: -14.30059189 | West: -170.756 | East: -170.60730813 |
Platform(s):
Other |
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTD_SeaBird | --- | CTD | |
| Other | --- | --- | --- |
| temperature | --- | Temperature | |
| CT | --- | Conductivity Temperature | |
| currentmeter | --- | Current | |
| fluorometer | --- | Fluorescence | |
| waveguage | --- | Wave | |
| wave/tide gauge | --- | Tide Wave | |
| Sensors - pressure | --- | Depth | |
| hydrometer | --- | Density | |
| meteorologic | --- | Meteorology | |
| navigation | --- | Navigation | |
| Moorings - Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) |
