Field Activity 2021-311-FA

Identifier 2021-311-FA
Purpose To collect data for assessing the accuracy of total water level and coastal change forecasts.
Location Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) offshore of Madeira Beach, St Petersburg, Florida
Summary Real time wave buoy measures wave parameters and water depth time series offshore. An acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) and pressure sensor measure currents, waves and depth time series nearshore. This is in support of assessing the accuracy of total water level and coastal change forecasts.
Info derived Oceanographic Time Series - currents, waves and water levels
Projects
Platform
Halimeda
Sallenger
26' Parker
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)
Itinerary
Start St Petersburg, Florida 2021-05-06
End St Petersburg, Florida 2021-06-04
Days in the field 1
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2021-05-06 2021-05-06 Spotter Buoy site recon and Signature 1000 + RBR Virtuoso instrument frame deployment. Instrument to be deployed ~30m NNW of the existing Maderia Beach ADCP. R/V Sallenger BJ Reynolds, Hunter Wilcox and David Thompson
2021-06-04 2021-06-04 Deploy Spotter mooring and retrieve SentinelV ADCP. Only the mooring (weight) will be deployed as we await permits from USACE and USCG for the buoy. R/V Halimeda Personnel - BJ Reynolds, Marc Blouin, Chelsea Stalk and Anastasios Stathakopoulos
2021-08-06 2021-08-06 Deploy Spotter buoy by attaching to previously deployed mooring. Deploy Sentinel-V and RBR Solo at usual site. Retrieve Signature 1000 and RBR Virtuoso from nearby site (deployed on 2021-05-06). R/V Sallenger. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds and Chelsea Stalk
2021-10-27 2021-10-27 Swap Spotters because of pressure sensor connection failure. R/V. Sallenger. Personnel - Mark Buckley, BJ Reynolds, Marc Blouin and Andrew Farmer.
2021-11-19 2021-11-19 Swap Sentinel V + RBR Solo with Signature 1000 + RBR Virstuoso. Signature 1000 is now on retrofitted Sentinel frame. R/V Halimeda. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Benjamin Galbraith, Andrew Farmer.
2022-02-18 2022-02-18 Swap Signature 1000 + RBR Virtuoso with Sentinel V + RBR Virtuoso. Also collected DGPS water surface surveys. R/V Halimeda. Personnel - Kyle Kelso, Chelsea Stalk and Nancy DeWitt.
2022-06-02 2022-06-02 Retrieval of RBRs (Coda and Virtuoso) from the Spotter mooring. Spotter went adrift on 3/30. This trip was to retrieve what was left and assess mooring condition for future Spotter deployment. R/V Halimeda. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Chelsea Stalk, BJ Reynolds and Andrew Farmer.
2022-06-06 2022-06-06 Deploy new Spotter. Swap Sentinel V + RBR Virtuoso with Signature 1000 + RBR Virtuoso. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Chelsea Stalk, BJ Reynolds and Andrew Farmer.
2022-09-23 2022-09-23 Swap Spotter Smart Mooring because of pressure sensor connection failure. RBR solo Dwave also deployed on mooring. ADCP swap Sentinel V for Signature 1000. RBR virtuoso D|fast16 also deployed on Sentinel ADCP frame. R/V Halimeda. Personnel - Mark Buckley, BJ Reynolds and Benjamin Galbraith.
2023-01-12 2023-01-12 Swap Spotter Smart Mooring because of pressure sensor connection failure. RBR solo Dwave also swapped on mooring. ADCP swap Sentinel Vs swapped. RBR virtuoso D|fast16 also swapped on Sentinel ADCP frame. R/V Dusky. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds and Benjamin Galbraith.
2023-05-04 2023-05-04 Swap Spotter Smart Mooring with one that we replaced with new cables. RBR solo Dwave also swapped on mooring. And additional lifting weights added to the mooring. ADCP Sentinel V and RBR virtuoso D|fast16 swap. R/V Dusky. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Mark Buckley, Benjamin Galbraith and Alex Seymour.
2023-09-26 2023-09-26 ADCP Sentinel V and RBR virtuoso D|fast16 swap. R/V Halimeda. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds and Chelsea Stalk.
2023-10-06 2023-10-06 Spotter and RBR Solo swap. R/V Dusky. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Ben Galbraith and Nancy DeWitt.
2024-02-02 2024-02-02 ADCP Sentinel V and RBR virtuoso D|fast16 swap. R/V Sallenger. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds and Ben Galbraith.
2024-06-21 2024-06-21 Swap Sentinel V ADCP and RBR virtuoso D|fast16 with Signature 1000 ADCP and RBR virtuoso D|fast16. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds, Max Reynolds and Kate Murray.
2024-10-03 2024-10-03 Swap Spotters. Swap Signature 1000 ADCP ane RBR virtuoso D|fast16 with Sentinel V ADCP RBR and virtuoso D|fast16. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Ben Galbraith and Chris Bemelmens.
2025-02-14 2025-02-14 Swap Sentinel V ADCP and RBR Virtuoso. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Chris Bemelmens, BJ Reynolds, Meg Palmsten.
2025-05-22 2025-05-22 Swap Sentinel V ADCP and RBR Virtuoso D|fast16 with Signature 1000 ADCP and RBR Virtuoso D|fast16. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds, Ben Galbraith
2025-07-09 2025-07-09 Swap Spotter mooring for more stable platform (fiberglass grate) and RBR Virtuoso. Personnel - Dave Thompson, Andrew Farmer, BJ Reynolds, and Ben Galbraith.
2025-08-18 2025-08-18 Deployed RBR virtuoso on Madeira Beach groin in front of the Shoreline Island Resort. Personnel - Johnathan Woodruff and Mark Buckley.
2025-12-04 2025-12-04 Swap Signature 1000 ADCPs and RBR Virtuosos. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds, and Max Reynolds.
Bounds
West -83.11156459
East -82.67579448
North 28.10105796
South 27.54074758
Marine operations Yes
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Mark BuckleyMargaret L Palmsten
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Legna M Torres-Garcia
Scientist, Staff
Mark Buckley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David M Thompson
Specialist, Information
Legna M Torres-Garcia
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Time Series, Environmental Data
Data type: Photo, Mooring (physical oceanography), Current, Wave

Moorings

MB1; MB2

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Sofar Spotter Buoy Mooring (physical oceanography), Meteorology, Pressure, Temperature, Wave 1
Pressure Logger Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Current, Depth, Pressure, Temperature, Tide, Wave 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2021-311-FA_MadeiraBeach_Spotter Sofar Spotter Buoy Spotter buoys were deployed at Madeira Beach, Florida at site MB1, located 30.9 kilometers (km) offshore and at 21.0-meters (m) depth (27.71652, -83.09532) from August 2021 to October 2023. These wave buoys were connected to underwater sensors through a Smart Mooring, and measured wave parameters, pressure, and water temperature. Priscila Vargas-Babilonia
2021-311-FA_MadeiraBeach_Pressure Pressure Logger Pressure loggers were deployed at two sites at Madeira Beach, Florida: MB1, located 30.9 kilometers (km) offshore at 21.0-meters (m) depth (27.71652, -83.09532) from October 2021 to October 2023; and MB2, located 1.9 kilometers from the shoreline at 5.6-m depth (27.78897, -82.81229) from March 2021 to September 2023. Priscila Vargas-Babilonia
2021-311-FA_MadeiraBeach_ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Teledyne© RDI Sentinel-V Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) were deployed at Madeira Beach, Florida at site MB2, located 1.9 kilometers (km) from the shoreline at 5.6-meters (m) depth (27.78897, -82.81229). The ADCPs measured pressure, bottom temperature, velocity profiles, and derived waves parameters. Priscila Vargas-Babilonia

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity