AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Past, Present and Future Coral Reefs (ZP00FRV)
Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Curt Storlazzi
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: 2016-07-18
End Date: 2016-11-04
Equipment Used: Moorings - Tripods, navigation
Information to be Derived: water level, wave height, wave period
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ocean time series data; BUS16M1T, BUS16M2T, BUS16M3T, BUS16M4T, BUS16M5T, BUS16M6T, BUS16M7T, BUS16M8T, and mooringlogs submitted to FAD 3/15/2017
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: St Pete FAN 2015-323-FA; data in Santa Cruz FAN 2015-685-FA.
Curt Storlazzi info project number GX15ZP00FRV0000
Filled out by Carol Reiss so Curt could get a FAN to initiate travel.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-685-FA
Location:
Buck Island, USVI
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 17.79887128 | South: 17.77483611 | West: -64.6429 | East: -64.59130166 |
Platform(s):
Other |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorings - Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | Buck Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, wave and water level data, 2016 (Time series data of wave height and water surface elevation were acquired for 109 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.) |
| navigation | --- | Navigation |
