Field Activity 2016-615-FA

Identifier 2016-615-FA
Purpose Collect time series measurements on hydrodynamics and sediment transport over coral reefs
Location Ningaloo Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site, Australia
Summary data and mooringlogs submitted to FAD 10/20/2016 and 12/19/16
Info derived water depth, wave height, wave period, wave direction, current speed, current direction, acoustic backscatter, optical backscatter
Platform
Other
Itinerary
Start Exmouth, western Australia 2016-05-19
End Exmouth, western Australia 2016-05-28
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West 113.85681152
East 114.02984619
North -21.7588919
South -22.06072409
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Curt Storlazzi
Crew members
Joshua Logan
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kurt Rosenberger
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ryan Lowe, UWA

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
sedimenttrap Geology (no data reported)
Moorings - Tripods Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Time-series oceanographic data collected from reef flat and lagoon sediment dynamics packages in 2016 off Jurabi Point, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia Moorings - Tripods Time series data of water surface elevation, wave height, water column currents and temperature, and suspended sediment were acquired for 6 weeks on a coral reef off Jurabi Point, Ningaloo Coast UNESCO World Heritage site in Western Australia in support of a study on the circulation and sediment transport patterns of these reefs. Kurt Rosenberger

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity