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Water-Level and Wave Measurements in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, 2012 and 2013

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Table 1. Mooring log sensor, location, and deployment information.
[NAVD88, North American Vertical Datum of 1988; N,north; W, west; UTC, Coordinated Universal Time; NA, not available]

Sensor type

Measurement type

Serial number

Mooring number or site name

Sensor elevation (meters above NAVD88)

Sensor elevation uncertainty (meters above NAVD88)

Distance from cap to sensor (meters)

Latitude N

Longitude W

Time deployed, UTC

Time recovered, UTC

SBE26

Water level and waves

192

Pelican

-0.628

NA

NA

29.9488

88.8319

2/28/12 21:10

6/20/12 8:00

SBE26

Water level and waves

217

Pelican

-0.628

NA

NA

29.9488

88.8319

7/11/12 16:00

9/6/12 18:30

SBE26

Water level and waves

192

Pelican

-0.628

NA

NA

29.9488

88.8319

9/6/12 19:50

12/28/12 8:40

SBE26

Water level and waves

217

Pelican

-0.628

NA

NA

29.9488

88.8319

2/1/13 21:00

4/28/13 18:50

SBE26

Water level and waves

169

Pelican

-0.628

NA

NA

29.9488

88.8319

4/28/13 19:00

7/16/13 20:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SBE26+

Water level and waves

1099

Tower

-4.419

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

2/16/11 18:30

7/16/11 14:30

SBE26

Water level and waves

192

Tower

-4.419

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

7/11/12 21:00

7/21/12 18:10

SBE26

Water level and waves

169

Tower

-4.419

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

7/21/12 19:15

9/7/12 16:20

SBE26

Water level and waves

217

Tower

-4.419

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

9/7/12 16:40

12/29/12 8:40

SBE26

Water level and waves

169

Tower

-4.419

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

1/31/13 21:00

4/28/13 13:40

SBE26

Water level and waves

192

Tower

-4.419

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

4/28/13 15:00

7/18/13 15:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RBR DR1060

Water level

24032

942

-0.395

0.016

0.797

29.94092

88.82316

7/10/12 17:33

9/7/12

RBR DR1060

Water level

24033

943

-0.239

0.002

0.784

29.94098

88.82166

7/10/12 18:18

9/7/12

Onset Hobo U20

Water level

10137339

944

-0.56

NA

0.688

29.99034

88.83492

7/11/12 14:13

Not recovered

Onset Hobo U20

Water level

10130440

945

-0.432

NA

0.685

29.99102

88.83314

7/11/12 13:38

Not recovered

Onset Hobo U20

Atmospheric pressure

10125471

946 / Tower

4

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

7/11/12 21:14

9/7/12

Onset Hobo U20

Atmospheric pressure

10125471

947 / Tower

4

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

9/7/12 13:00

1/31/13 20:30

RBR DR1060

Water level

24032

948

-0.924

0.013

0.797

29.9397

88.82784

2/1/13 19:51

7/16/13 17:35

Onset Hobo U20

Water level

10079949

949

-1.049

0.009

1.306

29.94072

88.82256

2/1/13 19:09

7/16/13 18:05

RBR DR1060

Water level

24033

950

-0.801

NA

0.784

29.94092

88.82153

2/1/13 18:37

3/15/13

Onset Hobo U20

Atmospheric pressure

10125471

951 / Tower

4

NA

NA

30.0447

88.8774

2/1/13 22:12

7/18/13 14:00

Table 2. Settings used in Sea-Bird Seasoft for Waves version 2.0 to process data from Sea-Bird Seagauges.
[°C, degrees Celsius; PSU, practical salinity unit]

Location

Height of pressure sensor from bottom (meters)

Average water temperature above the pressure sensor (°C)

Average salinity above the pressure sensor (PSU)

Number of spectral estimates for each frequency band

Minimum allowable attenuation (default = 0.0025)

Minimum period (seconds) to use in auto-spectrum (default = 0)

Maximum period (seconds) to use in auto-spectrum (default = 1e6)

Hanning window cutoff (default = 0.1)

Chi-squared confidence percent (default = 90)

Pelican

0.85

24

34

5

0.0025

1.5

15

0.1

90

Tower

0.85

24

34

5

0.0025

4

1.00E+06

0.1

90

 

Table 3. Instrumentation and data files for measurements of atmospheric pressure and temperature, water level, and waves, Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, 2012 to 2013.

[UTC, Coordinated Universal Time]

Sensor type Serial number Mooring number or site name Start of data record, UTC End of data record, UTC Data file name
Atmospheric pressure and temperature measurements
Onset Hobo U20 10125471 946 / Tower 7/11/12 21:20:00 9/7/12 16:10:00 9461hwl-a.nc
Onset Hobo U20 10125471 947 / Tower 9/7/12 17:06:08 1/31/13 20:26:08 9471hwl.nc
Onset Hobo U20 10125471 951 / Tower 2/1/13 22:20:00 7/01/13 21:40:00 9511hwl.nc
Water-level measurements
SBE26 192 Pelican 2/28/12 21:10:15 6/20/12 7:30:15 pelican1Asgs-cal.nc
SBE26 217 Pelican 7/11/12 16:05:37 9/6/12 18:25:36 pelican1Bsgs-cal.nc
SBE26 192 Pelican 9/6/12 18:58:12 12/28/12 7:18:12 pelican1Csgs-cal.nc
SBE26 217 Pelican 2/1/13 21:12:19 4/28/13 18:32:18 pelican1Dsgs-cal.nc
SBE26 169 Pelican 4/28/13 19:12:06 7/16/13 19:52:07 pelican1Esgs-cal.nc
SBE26+ 1099 Tower 2/16/11 18:40:00 7/16/11 11:00:00 tower1Asgs-cal.nc
SBE26 192 Tower 7/11/12 21:06:34 7/21/12 18:06:34 tower1Bsgs-cal.nc
SBE26 169 Tower 7/21/12 18:55:35 9/7/12 16:15:34 tower1Csgs-cal.nc
SBE26 217 Tower 9/7/12 16:40:20 12/29/12 8:20:19 tower1Dsgs-cal.nc
SBE26 169 Tower 1/31/13 20:10:04 4/28/13 13:30:05 tower1Esgs-cal.nc
SBE26 192 Tower 4/28/13 15:05:18 7/18/13 15:25:19 tower1Fsgs-cal.nc
RBR DR1060 24032 942 7/10/12 18:45:45 9/7/12 18:37:50 9421rb-a.nc
RBR DR1060 24033 943 7/10/12 18:43:40 9/7/12 20:01:10 9431rb-a.nc
RBR DR1060 24032 948 2/1/13 19:51:55 7/12/13 21:47:55 9481rb-a.nc
Onset Hobo U20 10079949 949 2/1/13 19:10:00 7/01/13 21:50:00 9491hwl.nc
RBR DR1060 24033 950 2/1/13 18:39:55 3/15/13 14:31:35 9501rb-a.nc
Wave measurements
SBE26 192 Pelican 2/29/12 00:34:32 6/20/12 00:34:34 pelican1Asg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 217 Pelican 7/11/12 16:29:52 9/6/12 12:29:52 pelican1Bsg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 192 Pelican 9/6/12 20:22:27 12/28/12 00:23:19 pelican1Csg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 217 Pelican 2/1/13 22:56:34 4/28/13 10:56:06 pelican1Dsg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 169 Pelican 4/28/13 23:36:23 7/16/13 19:36:20 pelican1Esg-p-cal.nc
SBE26+ 1099 Tower 2/16/11 18:54:16 7/16/11 13:54:17 tower1Asg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 192 Tower 7/12/12 1:10:50 7/21/12 17:10:51 tower1Bsg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 169 Tower 7/21/12 19:59:50 9/7/12 15:59:50 tower1Csg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 217 Tower 9/7/12 21:04:36 12/29/12 01:05:26 tower1Dsg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 169 Tower 1/31/13 23:54:21 4/28/13 07:54:05 tower1Esg-p-cal.nc
SBE26 192 Tower 4/28/13 18:09:34 7/18/13 10:09:33 tower1Fsg-p-cal.nc

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