Description: A pilot winter-time experiment to investigate circulation and sediment transport. Designed to provide information to aid in citing the new ocean outfall for the Boston sewer system.
Duration: Jan-May 1987
USGS Principal Investigator: B. Butman
Publications:
Hotchkiss, F., Strahle, W., Martini, M., and Butman, B., 1993, Long-term oceanographic observations in western Massachusetts Bay; data report for December 1989 to February 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-710, 115 p.
Field Activity Reports: 1987-005-FA, 1987-011-FA, 1987-052-FA, 1987-053-FA, 1987-054-FA, 1987-055-FA
Revision History:
Please use the following citation when referencing this dataset:
Lightsom, F., Strahle, W., Martini, M., and Butman, B., 1993, Long-term oceanographic observations from western Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts; 1989-1992: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/mbay_west.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_WEST.kml (using Google Earth).
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