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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-034-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems (LQ00G3S)

Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Steven Suttles

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Evaluate sediment dynamics and sediment fluxes in Grand Bay estuary system over tidal and seasonal timescales using long-term instrumented mooring deployments and tidal cycle surveys.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS

End Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS

Start Date: 2016-08-01

End Date: 2016-08-10

Equipment Used: CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, ADCP, Garmin GPS 76, Van Dorn bottle, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Currents, waves, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC), temperature, salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Chla, and dissolved organic matter (fDom).

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deploy time series moorings to collect pressure, currents, wave, and environmental data. Conduct CTD surveys to measure spatial patterns of physical parameters (temperature, conductivity, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen).Collect water samples for suspended sediment concentration and organic content analysis.

Staff: Neil Kamal Ganju, Daniel Nowacki, Steven Suttles

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: associated with these FA's 2016-026-FA and 2017-006-FA

Location:

Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi, United States

Boundaries
North: 30.42095928 South: 30.35954515 West: -88.4224 East: -88.33042145

Platform(s):

photo of Mako (SP)
Mako (SP)

Publications

Nowacki, D.J., Suttles, S.E., Ganju, N.K., Montgomery, E.T. and Martini, M.A., 2018, Oceanographic and water quality measurements collected in Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi – August 2016 – January 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UG9JYQ.

Suttles, S.E., Nowacki, D.J., Ganju, N.K., Borden, J., and Nichols, A.R., 2019, Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91L4A75.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl --- CTD
ADCP --- Current
Garmin GPS 76 --- Navigation
Van Dorn bottle --- Chemistry
GrandBay_WaterSamp (Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi)
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
All_grandBay (All oceanographic time-series data from this program)

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