Cruise: YR121006, Stations: S5038-­S5077, Clay Bank, York River Virginia 6-­hour MUDBED Calibration Survey bracketing a Flood Tide

Authors

Grace M. Cartwright, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow
Carl T. Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine ScienceFollow

Document Type

Data

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

7-11-2014

Spatial Information

United States||York River, VA||370 07 23' N, 0760 09 12'W; 370 13 33' N, 0760 18 28'W; 370 39 12' N, 0760 54 00'W; 370 34 54'N, 0760 59 24'W

Abstract

Dataset consists of profile and water column burst Data and bottom burst Data collected as part of a 6-hour anchor station survey in support of an Acoustic Doppler Velicometer (ADV) tripod deployed in nearby location.||During each station in the survey a profile or bottom time series was collected with a suite of instrumentation including: a RDI 1200 KHz ADCP, a YSI 6600 CTD, a Sequia LISST 100X, a Sontek ADVOcean and a PICS floc camera. The raw Data of profile stations is processed to provide a smooth profile of Data throughout the water column and a series of between 2 to 5 minute bursts from various heights in the water column. Bottom bursts are time series collected when the profiler was resting on the seafloor. The logbook is the hand written field notes and instrument setup documents. The Consecutive Station Log is an excel spreadsheet of the metadata associated with each station in the survey. Excel spreadsheet Averaged Data contains burst averaged Data and statistics from the water column and bottom bursts. Raw and processed Data from each instrument are zipped in a folder, or series of folders, identified by the type and serial number of the instrument. All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Description

During each station in the survey a profile or bottom time series was collected with a suite of instrumentation, including: a YSI 6600 CTD, a Sequoia LISST 100X, RDI 1200 kHz ADCP and a Sontek ADVOcean. The raw Data of profile stations are processed to provide a smooth profile of Data throughout the water column and a series of between 2 to 5 minute bursts from various heights in the water column. Bottom bursts are time series collected when the profiler was resting on the seafloor. Total Suspended Solids (and fixed solids) were sampled from depth to calibrate the acoustic backscatter.|The "logbook" is the hand written field notes and instrument setup documents. The "Profiler Set up" is a log of the location and serial number of the instruments mounted on the profiler. The "Consecutive Station Log" is an excel spreadsheet of the metaData associated with each station in the survey. Excel spreadsheet "Averaged Data" contains burst averaged Data and statistics from the water column and bottom bursts. Raw and processed Data from each instrument are zipped in a folder, or series of folders, identified by the type and serial number of the instrument. All times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).

DOI

http://doi.org/10.21220/V5NP4P

Keywords

Sediment transport, settling velocity, suspended size distribution, acoustic backscatter, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, ADCP, conductivity temperature and depth sensor, CTD, LISST, PICS, particle imaging camera system, floc

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Series

York River, Virginia Data Archive

Funding

NSF grant OCE-0536572,NSF grant OCE-1061781

Recommended Citation

Cartwright, G.M., and Friedrichs, C.T., 2014. Cruise: YR121006, Stations: S5038- S5077, Clay Bank, York River Virginia 6-hour MUDBED Calibration Survey bracketing a Flood Tide. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary. http://doi.org/10.21220/V5NP4P