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Field Activity Details for field activity ID711SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: I-D7-11-SC

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of Southern California, Orange County Sanitation District

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Marlene Noble

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Kurt Rosenberger

Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Assess cross-shelf transport on shelf, slope, and canyons

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Newport, CA

End Port/Location: Newport, CA

Start Date: 2011-07-20

End Date: 2011-07-23

Equipment Used: tripod

Information to be Derived: Waves, Currents, Sediment Conc., Winds

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joanne C. Ferreira, Marlene Noble, Kurt Rosenberger, Jingping Xu

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Mooring numbers: NPT11IST (Inner Shelf Tripod) NPT11ISS (Inner Shelf Surface) NPT11SBT (Shelf Break Tripod) NPT11SBS (Shelf Break Surface) NPT11SLB (Slope suB-surface) NPT11SCB (Shallow Cyn suB-surface) NPT11DCB (Deep Cyn suB-surface)

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Joanne Ferreira
Kurt Rosenberger
Jingping Xu
Marlene Noble

Location:

Southern California off Newport Beach

Boundaries
North: 35.75 South: 32.25 West: -122.25 East: -114.25

Platform(s):

photo of Nerissa
Nerissa

Publications

Rosenberger, K., Noble, M.A., and Norris, B.K., 2014, Measurements of slope currents and internal tides on the continental shelf and slope off Newport Beach, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014â1041, 65 p.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
tripod --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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