U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collections

Introduction

Deploying equipment during Martha's Vineyard cruise.

U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection

These pages provide access to Oceanographic time-series measurements made by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1975 and the present as part of research programs. The data were collected to address specific research questions and were primarily collected over durations less than a year, using stationary platforms, with sensors near the sea floor. Some of the measurements span the vertical extent of the water column, but others are limited to the area less than 5 meters above the sea floor. These data have been used to study of ocean dynamics and to validate coastal ocean models.

Available Data

All the sites at which oceanographic or water quality measurements were collected by our program are shown on the interactive map below. Platforms from an Experiment all use the same icon (legend at bottom). Click on the icons to display the Experiment name, platform ID at that site, and the deployment dates. The "Experiment List" tab may also be used to select Experiments. Map Instructions.

USGS Sound Waves articles

Data from Three Recent Studies Released in the USGS Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection", Montgomery and Sherwood, 2017. USGS Soundwaves, November/December 2017

Data from Three Recent Studies Released in the USGS Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection", Montgomery and Sherwood, 2017. USGS Soundwaves, January/February 2017

First USGS Coastal Maps from Unmanned Aerial Systems, Sherwood 2016. USGS Soundwaves, June/July 2016

Data from Three Recent Studies Released in the USGS Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection", Montgomery 2016. USGS Soundwaves, June/July 2016

Updated Website Provides Easy Access to Oceanographic Time-Series Data, Montgomery 2016. USGS Soundwaves June - July 2016

Five New USGS Oceanographic Datasets Published Online—Uses Include Assessing Coastal Resilience to Storms, Montgomery, 2015. USGS Sound Waves, January/February 2015

Instruments Deployed near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, to Measure Bottom Shear Stress and Other Variables near the Seafloor. USGS Sound Waves, September/October 2014

Update on Oceanographic Study Offshore of Fire Island, New York. USGS Sound Waves, March/April 2014

LEGEND

North Atlantic
Argo Merchant Experiment
legend-icon Barnegat Bay 2014, NJ
Barnegat Bay, NJ
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod Bay || Cape Cod Misc
Deep Water Dump Site 106
legend-icon Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms I (ECOHAB)
Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms II (ECOHAB)
Fire Island, NY, Nearshore
Fire Island, NY, Offshore
Fluxes in West Falmouth Harbor
Georges Bank
GLOBEC Georges Bank
GLOBEC Great South Channel
Gulf of Maine
legend-icon Hudson Shelf Valley
Hurricane Irene, Buzzards Bay
Lydonia Canyon
Mass Bay Long Term Observations (MWRA)
Mass Bay Circulation
Mass Bay Internal Wave