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

Oceanographic measurements-- Monterey Canyon, California, 1993-1995

Description: The Monterey Canyon experiment studied the mechanisms that govern the circulation within and the transport of sediment and water through Monterey Submarine Canyon. This is a very large, deep submarine canyon off central California that incises the continental margin from the outer slope to close to the coastline.

Duration: Aug 1993 - May 1995

USGS PI's: Marlene Noble

Publication:

Kinoshita, K., and Noble, M., 1995, Monterey Submarine Canyon, California Moored Array Data Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-838.

Field Activity Reports: 1993-016-FA, 1994-016-FA, 1995-030-FA

Revision History:

February 2016- time spikes in 4232-a.cdf, 4233-a.cdf, 4241-a.cdf, 4263-a.cdf repaired.
Original data publication prior to 2006

Please use the following citation when referencing this dataset:

Noble, M.A. Strahle, W.J.,Martini, M.A.,Hatcher, G.. Oceanographic Measurements-- Monterey Canyon, California, 1993-1995: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/monterey_can.html.

Data Access

Catalog of Data

Data Access via THREDDS (EPIC)

Data Access via THREDDS (CF)

Station Locations

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For more detail about the measurements collected at each site, browse MONTEREY_CAN.kml (using Google Earth).