Deploy oceanographic moorings and tripods in two canyons to collect data on currents, suspended sediment and sediment transport over one year. Collect sediment cores in the canyons and on the continental shelf to determine surficial sediment characteristics such as grainsize, shear strength
Location
Astoria Canyon, Quinault Canyon, Continental Shelf Off Washington
Info derived
Time series of currents, suspended sediment, temperature, salinity, pressure, water column acoustic backscatter, CDOM, sediment traps
