AKA: Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)
Principal Investigator(s): Mary McGann
Affiliate Investigator(s): Katherine Coble
Information Specialist(s): Mary McGann
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy equipment for the Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA
End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA
Start Date: 2015-10-27
End Date: 2015-10-28
Equipment Used: Differential GPS
Information to be Derived: none
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sample locations on FAD 4/12/2016 Deployed equipment
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 7 Moorings with sediment traps, acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs), and transmissometers
4 MBARI Benthic Event Detectors (BEDs)
2 MBARI Sediment Transport Event Detectors (STED)
MBARI Benthic Instrument Node (BIN)
Vertical profiler
Autonomous Monitoring Transponder (AMT)
Wave Gliders
Wave Sensor
Location:
Monterey Bay, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.10776507 | South: 36.54992757 | West: -122.256 | East: -121.60644531 |
Platform(s):
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| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Differential GPS | --- | Navigation |