Description: Current measurements collected at 6 sites in Massachusetts Bay throughout the year to map the tidal, wind and density driven currents.
Duration: Sep 1990 - Jun 1991
USGS Principal Investigators: R. Signell, B. Butman
Collaborators: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, UMASS Boston, and the University of New Hampshire, Environmental Protection Agency Massachusetts Bays Program
Publications:
Field Activity Reports: 1990-035-FA, 1991-001-FA, 1991-003-FA, 1991-004-FA, 1991-017-FA, 1991-046-FA
Revision History:
Please use the following citation when referencing this dataset:
Butman, Bradford, Signell, R.P., Lightsom, F.L., Oceanographic Measurements-- Massachussetts Bay, 1990-1991: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/mbay_circ.html.
Data Access
Catalog of Data Averaged to Hourly
Data Access via THREDDS (EPIC)
Station Locations
For more detail about the measurements collected at each site, browse MBAY_CIRC.kml (using Google Earth).