Description :A two-year field study to investigate the deep flow between the major basins in the Gulf of Maine. This deep flow of warm-salty Slope water is an important driving mechanism of the residual flow and in part controls the distribution of suspended sediments.
Duration: Jul 1985 - Feb 1987
USGS Principal Investigator: B. Butman
Publications:
Field Activity Reports: 1985-024-FA, 1986-008-FA, 1986-012-FA, 1986-017-FA
Revision History
Please use the following citation when referencing this dataset:
Butman, Bradford, Lightsom, F.L., Oceanographic Measurements-- Gulf of Maine, 1985-1987: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/gulf_maine.html.
Data Access
Catalog of Data Averaged to Hourly
Data Access via THREDDS (EPIC)
Station Locations
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For more detail about the measurements collected at each site, browse GULF_MAINE.kml (using Google Earth).
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