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

Palos Verdes

Description: The sediments on the shelf off Palos Verdes CA are contaminated with large amounts of DDT. Moorings were deployed on the shelf in the winter of 1993 in part to determine how often coastal ocean processes move these sediments. This program was supported by the EPA in order to gather information that would help them determine the best way to remediate the contamination on this local continental shelf.

For more information about the original measurements made and samples collected for this experiment, see the description on the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's site.

Duration: May 1992 - March 1993

USGS Principal Investigators: Marlene Noble and Chris Sherwood

Collaborators: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Publications:

Field Activity Reports: 1992-031-FA, 1992-033-FA, 1992-039-FA, 1993-005-FA

Revision History:

Original data publication prior to 2006

Please use the following citation when referencing this dataset:

Sherwood, C.R., Noble, M.A. Martini, M.A.,Ferriera, J.T.,Oceanographic Measurements-- Palos Verdes Shelf, California, 1992: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/pv_shelf.html.

Data Access

Catalog of Data

Catalog of Data Averaged to Hourly

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 PV_SHELF.kml (using Google Earth).