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

Field Activity 2017-706-FA

Identifier 2017-706-FA
Alternate names BB_Skagit Wave Gages
Purpose Examine wave climate that affects shorelines, infrastructure, and habitats
Location Northern Puget Sound, western Washington, US, Pacific Ocean
Summary Collected continuous water level and wave data at 1 hz over the period Dec 2017 to Feb 2018 at three sites in Skagit Bay, WA.
Info derived time-series of water levels, wave heights, periods, wave energy
Comments Local day trips to deploy and recover RBR Duos fixed to bottom mounts in water depths of ~-2-3 m MLLW.
Projects
Platform
Other
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Bellingham, WA 2017-11-27
End Bellingham, WA 2018-02-09
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -123.44238281
East -122.16796875
North 48.88639178
South 47.08508536

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Eric Grossman
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Eric Grossman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Sean Crosby

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series
Data type: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
RBR Duo Mooring (physical oceanography) 5

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
timeseries RBR Duo Contains continuous temperature and pressure observations recorded by each instrument at sites B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, and B6. Eric Grossman
Wave observations from bottom-mounted pressure sensors along the West side of Whidbey Island, Washington from Dec 2018 to Jan 2020 RBR Duo RBRduo pressure and temperature sensors mounted on aluminum frames, were moored in shallow (4-9 m) water depths along the West side of Whidbey Island, Washington, to measure wave heights and periods. Continuous pressure fluctuations were transformed into surface-wave observations of wave heights, periods, and frequency spectra at 30-minute intervals. Eric Grossman
Wave observations from bottom-mounted pressure sensors in Bellingham Bay, Washington from Dec 2017 to Jan 2018 RBR Duo RBRduo pressure and temperature sensors (early 2015 generation), mounted on aluminum frames, were moored in shallow (< 6 m) water depths in Bellingham Bay, Washington, to capture wave heights and periods. Continuous pressure fluctuations are transformed into surface-wave observations of wave heights, periods, and frequency spectra at 30-minute intervals. Eric Grossman
Wave observations from bottom-mounted pressure sensors in Skagit Bay, Washington from Dec 2017 to Feb 2018 RBR Duo RBRduo pressure and temperature sensors (early 2015 generation), mounted on aluminum frames, were moored in shallow (< 6 m) water depths in Skagit Bay to capture wave heights and periods. Continuous pressure fluctuations are transformed into surface-wave observations of wave heights, periods, and frequency spectra at 30-minute intervals. Eric Grossman
wave_statistics RBR Duo Wave conditions averaged over each 30-min interval. Eric Grossman

Publications

Crosby, S.C.; and Grossman, E.E., 2019, Wave observations from nearshore bottom-mounted pressure sensors in Skagit and Bellingham Bays, Washington, USA from Dec 2017 to Feb 2018: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JZ5F00.

Grossman, E.E., and Crosby, S.C., 2024, Wave observations from bottom-mounted pressure sensors along the West side of Whidbey Island, Washington from Dec 2018 to Jan 2020: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P907B0YM.