Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems (LQ00G3S)
Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Steven Suttles
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Evaluate sediment dynamics and sediment fluxes in Grand Bay estuary system over tidal and seasonal timescales using long-term instrumented mooring deployments and tidal cycle surveys.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS
End Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS
Start Date: 2016-08-01
End Date: 2016-08-10
Equipment Used: CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, ADCP, Garmin GPS 76, Van Dorn bottle, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Currents, waves, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC), temperature, salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, Chla, and dissolved organic matter (fDom).
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deploy time series moorings to collect pressure, currents, wave, and environmental data. Conduct CTD surveys to measure spatial patterns of physical parameters (temperature, conductivity, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen).Collect water samples for suspended sediment concentration and organic content analysis.
Staff: Neil Kamal Ganju, Daniel Nowacki, Steven Suttles
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: associated with these FA's 2016-026-FA and 2017-006-FA
Location:
Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.42095928 | South: 30.35954515 | West: -88.4224 | East: -88.33042145 |
Platform(s):
 Mako (SP) |
Nowacki, D.J., Suttles, S.E., Ganju, N.K., Montgomery, E.T. and Martini, M.A., 2018, Oceanographic and water quality measurements collected in Grand Bay, Alabama/Mississippi – August 2016 – January 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release https://doi.org/10.5066/P9UG9JYQ.
Suttles, S.E., Nowacki, D.J., Ganju, N.K., Borden, J., and Nichols, A.R., 2019, Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91L4A75.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | |
| ADCP | --- | Current | |
| Garmin GPS 76 | --- | Navigation | |
| Van Dorn bottle | --- | Chemistry | GrandBay_WaterSamp (Suspended-sediment concentration data from water samples collected in 2016-17 in Grand Bay, Alabama and Mississippi) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | All_grandBay (All oceanographic time-series data from this program) |
