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 | |||
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North: 18.41447273 | South: 18.24500305 | West: -67.35441079 | East: -67.17591847 |
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 (ver. 2.0, March 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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) |