1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2018-316-FA

Identifier 2018-316-FA
Purpose Deploy ADCP to collect offshore waves, currents and water depth data.
Location Madeira Beach, FL
Summary Deployed ADCP to collect offshore waves, currents and water depth data.
Info derived Mean wave parameters (height, period, direction), mean currents (magnitude and direction), and mean water depth.
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-357-FA
Projects
Platform
Halimeda
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Madeira Beach, FL 2018-03-02
End Madeira Beach, FL 2018-03-02
Bounds
West -82.81229
East -82.81229
North 27.78897
South 27.78897
Marine operations Yes
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer A Brown
Crew members
Nathan A Smiley
Scientist, Staff
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Hunter S Wilcox
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jennifer A Brown
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data
Data type: Current, Pressure, Temperature, Wave

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Current, Depth, Pressure, Temperature, Tide, Wave (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity