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.
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.
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
North Atlantic
Argo Merchant Experiment
Barnegat Bay 2014, NJ
Barnegat Bay, NJ
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Buzzards Bay
Cape Cod Bay || Cape Cod Misc
Deep Water Dump Site 106
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
Hudson Shelf Valley
Hurricane Irene, Buzzards Bay
Lydonia Canyon
Mass Bay Long Term Observations (MWRA)
Mass Bay Circulation
Mass Bay Internal Wave
Middle Atlantic Bight
Martha's Vineyard OASIS 2011
Martha's Vineyard 2014-2015
Martha's Vineyard - fall 2015
New England Continental Slope
NRPP, 2017
Oceanographer Canyon
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Stellwagen Bank
Sandwich, Massachusetts 2016
Sandwich, Massachusetts 2017
Western Gulf of Maine 2013-2017
Western Massachusetts Bay
West Falmouth Harbor 2016
West Falmouth Harbor 2017
South Atlantic
Cape Hatteras Diamond
Cape Hatteras Nearshore
Matanzas Inlet, 2018
Chincoteague
Myrtle Beach
South Atlantic Bight
Wrightsville Beach
Gulf of Mexico
Chandeleur || Chandeleur 2013
Dauphin Islands || Deep Reef
Grand Bay
Lake Pontchartrain || Mobile Bay
Pacific
CAMP || Farallones
Karin Ridge
||Mamala Bay
Monterey Bay || Monterey Canyon
Orange County
Palos Verdes Shelf
Palos Verdes Shelf 04
Palos Verdes Shelf 07
Southern California
Southern California Wetlands, 2013 - 2014
Stress
Europe
EuroSTRATAFORM