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

Description: This web page provides access to oceanographic, atmospheric, and water-quality measurements near Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts. These measurements were made in conjunction with two U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) projects: the Coastal Model Applications and Measurements Project, and the Barrier Island Evolution Research project, both supported by the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. These measurements provide short-duration datasets of waves, tides, and overwash from portable pressure sensors deployed on the beach during major winter storms on these dates: January 23-26; February 9-10; February 13-15; and March 13-15, 2017. Longer datasets were obtained from sensors on a platform deployed on the seafloor north of the beach in seven meters depth. These sensors measured waves, water level, currents, temperature, salinity, and turbidity between December 2016 and June 2017; a period that overlapped with subaerial mapping, an offshore bathymetric survey, and the storm observations.

Duration: Dec. 2016 - Jun. 2017

USGS Principal Investigator: Christopher Sherwood

Publications:

 

Field Activity Reports: 2016-052-FA, 2017-007-FA, 2017-001-FA, 2017-012-FA, 2017-013-FA, 2017-019-FA, 2017-025-FA, 2017-037-FA, 2017-040-FA.

Revision History:

• August 2017, Initial Release

Please use the following citation when referencing this dataset:

Sherwood, C.R., Montgomery, E.T., Suttles, S.E. Marsjanik, E.D. and Brosnahan, S.M., 2017, Oceanographic, Atmospheric and Water-Quality Measurements Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 2017, Geological Survey data release. https://doi.org/10.5066/F7B27T6P.