Bradford Butman
P. Soupy Alexander
Steven P. Anderson
Frances L. Lightsom
Alberto Scotti
Robert C. Beardsley
2006
The Massachusetts Bay Internal Wave Experiment, August 1998: Data Report
Data Series
85
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
Suggested citation: Butman, Bradford, Alexander, P.S., Anderson, S.P., Lightsom, F.L., Scotti, Alberto, and Beardsley, R.C., 2006, The Massachusetts Bay internal wave experiment, August 1998; Data Report: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 85, Version 2.0, DVD-ROM. Also available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds85.
Version 2.0. This version was posted October 25, 2006. Figure 2 has been revised and corrected for an error in the horizontal distance scale. An error in the horizontal distance scale has also been corrected on all of the hydrographic sections.
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds85
This data report presents oceanographic observations made in Massachusetts Bay in August 1998 as part of the Massachusetts Bay Internal Wave Experiment (MBIWE98). MBIWE98 was carried out to characterize large-amplitude internal waves in Massachusetts Bay and to investigate the possible resuspension and transport of bottom sediments caused by these waves. This data report presents a description of the field program, an overview of the data through summary plots and statistics, and the time-series data in NetCDF format. The objective of this report is to make the data available in digital form and to provide summary plots and statistics to facilitate browsing of the data set.
This data report presents a description of the Massachusetts Bay Internal Wave Experiment (MBIWE) field program, an overview of the data through summary plots and statistics, and the time-series data in NetCDF format. The objective of this report is to make the data available in digital form and to provide summary plots and statistics to facilitate browsing of the data set.
19980803
19980902
Publication Date
None planned
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42.5
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:42e7cddf-a879-4013-af63-cd7aeeb2973e
none
Internal waves
Sediment transport
Current
Temperature
Salinity
Pressure
Beam attenuation
Massachusetts Bay Internal Wave Experiment
Moored array
Horizontal array
MBIWE98
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
time series datasets
ocean waves
ocean processes
sediment transport
ocean salinity
ocean currents
none
Massachusetts Bay
Stellwagen Basin
Stellwagen Bank
Western Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Maine
None
None
Bradford Butman
Oceanographer
mailing and physical address
Woods Hole Science Center 384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
USA
508-457-2212
bbutman@usgs.gov
Bradford Butman, Steven P. Anderson, Alberto Scotti, and Robert C. Beardsley collected the moored array and hydrographic data. Bradford Butman and P. Soupy Alexander assembled the data report.
Not available from original metadata.
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The original metadata did not contain any process steps. All of the information needed is available from the report.
The metadata was updated to fix format and errors in order to be made available from the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP) metadata web-accessible folder (WAF). The following edits were made: Changed series name to Data Series, change publication place to Reston, VA, updated online links to the DOI link, added the suggested citation, changed "general" thesaurus name to "none", added USGS Thesaurus with appropriate keywords, added the ISO 19115 Topic Category thesaurus and appropriate keywords, added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword, replaced the distribution liability with one from Fundamental Science Practices. Set the metadata contact email to a generic email since that author has since retired. The metadata date (20060809), but not the contact (except email and contact instructions) was updated. The metadata available from a harvester may supersede metadata available from the publication. Compare the metadata dates to determine which metadata file is most recent. Original fixes were done 20210816. Additional edit to fix an author name.
20210908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Data Librarian
Mailing
Woods Hole Science Center 384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
508-548-8700
webmaster@usgs.gov
Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.
NetCDF
https://doi.org/10.3133/ds85
DVD-ROM
UDF
None
20210908
Bradford Butman
Oceanographer
Mailing
Woods Hole Science Center 384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
Massachusetts
02543
USA
508-457-2212
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the contact person is no longer with the USGS.
FGDC
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Universal time