{
    "tag": 5946,
    "title": "Time-series oceanographic data from the Monterey Canyon, CA October 2015 - March 2017",
    "pubdate": "2019",
    "sername": null,
    "series_name": null,
    "issue": "DOI:10.5066\/F7FT8J7Q",
    "publish": null,
    "publisher_name": null,
    "onlink": "https:\/\/cmgds.marine.usgs.gov\/catalog\/pcmsc\/DataReleases\/ScienceBase\/DR_F7FT8J7Q\/CCE15_Time_Series_metadata.faq.html",
    "format": null,
    "email": null,
    "descript": "Time-series data of water depth, velocity, turbidity, and temperature were acquired  between 5 October 2015 and 21 March 2017 within the Monterey Canyon off of Monterey, CA, USA. In order to better understand the triggering, progression and evolution of turbidity currents in Monterey Submarine Canyon, an experiment was designed to directly measure velocity, suspended sediment and physical water properties (temperature, salinity and density) along the canyon axis during an 18-month period. Three moorings in the upper canyon (MS1, MS2, MS3) containing oceanographic instruments and Anderson- type sediment traps were deployed during three consecutive six-month periods (A: October 2015 - April 2016; B: April - October 2016; C: October 2016 - March 2017). In addition, a bottom platform to the South of the canyon head (MS0) housed instrumentation to measure currents and waves on the adjacent shelf. The mooring diagram image files are a generalized representation of the deployed instrumentation at each site, and are included as a visual aid for understanding the sampling environment. A text file of the specific sensors listing parameters measured is also included.",
    "lang": null,
    "journal": null,
    "pwid": null,
    "originator": [
        {
            "name": "Ferreira, Joanne C. T.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Rosenberger, Kurt J.",
            "role": "Author"
        },
        {
            "name": "Maier, Katherine L.",
            "role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "index_term": [
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "222",
            "name": "CTD measurement",
            "scope": "Instrumental determination of conductivity, temperature, and pressure as a function of depth to determine the salinity of seawater."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "708",
            "name": "marine water quality",
            "scope": "Observed intrinsic characteristics of marine waters affecting their ability to support life or facilitate biological processes such as waste decomposition."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 2,
            "code": "1172",
            "name": "time series datasets",
            "scope": "Digital information describing observations taken at specified time intervals.  The time interval may be regular or variable; the type of observed phenomena and the location are typically constant."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "008",
            "name": "geoscientificInformation",
            "scope": "Information pertaining to earth sciences, for example geophysical features and processes, geology, minerals, sciences dealing with the composition, structure and origin of the earth's rocks, risks of earthquakes, volcanic activity, landslides, gravity information, soils, permafrost, hydrogeology, groundwater, erosion"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 15,
            "code": "014",
            "name": "oceans",
            "scope": "Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters), for example tides, tidal waves, coastal information, reefs, maritime, outer continental shelf submerged lands, shoreline"
        },
        {
            "thcode": 23,
            "code": "24",
            "name": "Water Column Features",
            "scope": "Includes persistent or regularly occurring waves, layers, water masses, upwellings, stratifications, and fronts that are defined by patterns of water velocity, physical properties, and biogeochemical properties; these features are listed and defined in the Layer, Hydroform, and Biogeochemical Feature layers of the Water Column Component of CMECS. Distributions are records of currents, physical properties, or biogeochemical water properties, often based on shipboard surveys or coastal monitoring programs, and maps of currents or water property climatology, which indicate the expected locations of features under present conditions or apply a classification structure like that of CMECS. Assessments are data that provide information about the ecological or economic values, impacts, drivers, connections, or functions of water column features in their present distributions. Predictions are the results of models projecting future changes to currents or other persistent oceanographic features (for example, clines, stratification, connectivity, linkages, and zones of separation) due to climate change, ice-cap melt, and changing freshwater inputs; models predicting the ecological or economic impacts of these changes; and scenario-testing models comparing ecological or economic outcomes of different management actions."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "754",
            "name": "physical oceanography",
            "scope": "the study of physical conditions and processes in the oceans."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "443",
            "name": "water level measurements",
            "scope": "used for measurements related to long-term events (e.g., sea-level rise) or transient events (e.g., tides or storm surge)."
        },
        {
            "thcode": 61,
            "code": "444",
            "name": "wave observations",
            "scope": "used for quantitative or qualitative wave observations of any type."
        }
    ],
    "place_term": [],
    "image": [
        {
            "name": "https:\/\/www.sciencebase.gov\/catalog\/file\/get\/5a74c1fce4b00f54eb1c828f?name=MontCanyon2015Basemap.png&allowOpen=true",
            "description": "Image map of locations of instrument moorings"
        }
    ],
    "fan": [
        "2015-619-FA",
        "2016-610-FA",
        "2016-670-FA"
    ]
}