List of Abbreviations

Title Page Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Abbreviations Introduction Field Program Supporting Observations Instrumentation Data Processing Biological Fouling Mooring & Data File Identifiers Results: Site Characterization Animation of Data Statistics:   Current & Temp.   Meteorological Principal Axes Scatter Plots Currents (sorted) Residual Flow Tidal Analysis Time Series Plots Hydrographic Data Digital Data Files Acknowledgements References Cited Matlab m-Files Supplementary Files Metadata

Abbreviation Definition ABS Acoustic Backscatter System ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler BASS Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor CTD Conductivity, Temperature, Depth EPIC Data storage, retrieval, and management formats and tool maintained by NOAA (see www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/). Initially began as Equatorial Pacific Information Collection. LED Light Emitting Diode Matlab Software marketed by The Math Works, Inc., Natick, MA MAVS Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor MIDAS Multiparameter Intelligent Data Acquisition System - a USGS data logger used on the bottom tripod systems mab Meters above bottom mbs Meters below surface NDBC National Data Buoy Center (part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) NetCDF Network Common Data Form - a data format and library of data access subroutines maintained by Unidata. See www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSINP Non Standard INPut - Software program developed by WHOI Buoy Group to input data to processing system OBS Optical Backscatter Sensor PSDEV Pressure Standard DEViation - Standard deviation of bottom pressure measurements, typically sampled at 1-2 hz. Used as a measure of bottom currents from surface waves SEACAT Instrument made by Sea-Bird for time-series measurements of temperature and salinity SeaData A manufacturer of low-power oceanographic data loggers and tape recorders (no longer in business) SEASOFT Software created by Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc. for processing conductivity, temperature and depth observations Tattletale A small, low power computer made by Onset Computer Corporation used in oceanographic data loggers to control sampling and data storage. USGS United States Geological Survey WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution