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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-671-FA

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AKA: Rincon

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): Olivia Cheriton, Kurt Rosenberger, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s): Miguel Canals, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Wave, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure Currents and waves on a coral reef on the west side of Puerto Rico for the purposes of calibrating and validating coastal wave and inundation models

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Rincon, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: Rincon, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 2019-07-20

End Date: 2019-12-17

Equipment Used: current meter, wavegauge, instrumentmooring

Information to be Derived: currents, waves, water levels

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Water level, wave direction, wave height, and wave period data were collected. The current meter flooded and thus no current speed nor current direction data were recorded.

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Location:

Caribbean Sea Mona Straight

Boundaries
North: 18.41447273 South: 18.24500305 West: -67.35441079 East: -67.17591847

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Publications

Rosenberger, K.J., Cheriton, O.M., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2020, Cross-reef wave and water level data from coral reef environments (ver. 2.0, March 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
current meter --- Current
wavegauge --- Wave
Rincon, Puerto Rico, wave and water level data, 2019 (Time series data of wave height and water surface elevation were acquired for 147 days at eleven locations, in two cross-reef transects, off of the west coast of Rincon, Puerto Rico, in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns and the transformation of surface waves over the coral reefs.)
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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