Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (GX.26.MN00.U0310.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Mark Buckley, Margaret Palmsten
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): David Thompson, Legna Torres-Garcia
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Wave
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect data for assessing the accuracy of total water level and coastal change forecasts.
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St Petersburg, Florida
End Port/Location: St Petersburg, Florida
Start Date: 2021-05-06
End Date: 2021-06-04
Equipment Used: Digital Camera, Sofar Spotter Buoy, Pressure Logger, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Information to be Derived: Oceanographic Time Series - currents, waves and water levels
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Real time wave buoy measures wave parameters and water depth time series offshore. An acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) and pressure sensor measure currents, waves and depth time series nearshore. This is in support of assessing the accuracy of total water level and coastal change forecasts.
Staff: Mark Buckley, Billy Reynolds, Legna Torres-Garcia
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) offshore of Madeira Beach, St Petersburg, Florida
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 28.10105796 | South: 27.54074758 | West: -83.11156459 | East: -82.67579448 |
Platform(s):
 Halimeda |  Sallenger |
Vargas-Babilonia, P., Torres-Garcia, L.M., Thompson, D.M., Buckley, M., Palmsten, M.L., Brown, J.A., Reynolds, B.J., Galbraith, B.A., 2025, Oceanographic Time Series Measurements Collected at Madeira Beach, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HZKIWB.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Camera | --- | Photo Video | |
| Sofar Spotter Buoy | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) Meteorology Pressure Temperature Wave | 2021-311-FA_MadeiraBeach_Spotter (Spotter buoys were deployed at Madeira Beach, Florida at site MB1, located 30.9 kilometers (km) offshore and at 21.0-meters (m) depth (27.71652, -83.09532) from August 2021 to October 2023. These wave buoys were connected to underwater sensors through a Smart Mooring, and measured wave parameters, pressure, and water temperature.) |
| Pressure Logger | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 2021-311-FA_MadeiraBeach_Pressure (Pressure loggers were deployed at two sites at Madeira Beach, Florida: MB1, located 30.9 kilometers (km) offshore at 21.0-meters (m) depth (27.71652, -83.09532) from October 2021 to October 2023; and MB2, located 1.9 kilometers from the shoreline at 5.6-m depth (27.78897, -82.81229) from March 2021 to September 2023.) |
| Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) | --- | Current Depth Pressure Temperature Tide Wave | 2021-311-FA_MadeiraBeach_ADCP (Teledyne© RDI Sentinel-V Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) were deployed at Madeira Beach, Florida at site MB2, located 1.9 kilometers (km) from the shoreline at 5.6-meters (m) depth (27.78897, -82.81229). The ADCPs measured pressure, bottom temperature, velocity profiles, and derived waves parameters.) |
