Summary of Oceanographic and Water-Quality Measurements Offshore of Matanzas Inlet, Florida, 2018
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- Document: Report (12.4 MB pdf)
- Data Releases:
- USGS Data Release - Oceanographic and water quality measurements in the nearshore zone at Matanzas Inlet, Florida, January–April, 2018
- USGS Data Release - Grain-size analysis data from sediment samples in support of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in the nearshore zone of Matanzas Inlet, Florida, 2018
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Abstract
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists and technical staff deployed instrumented underwater platforms and buoys to collect oceanographic and atmospheric data at two sites near Matanzas Inlet, Florida, on January 24, 2018, and recovered them on April 13, 2018. Matanzas Inlet is a natural, unmaintained inlet on the Florida Atlantic coast that is well suited to study inlet and cross-shore processes. The two study sites were located offshore of the surf zone, in 9 and 15 meters of water depth, in a line perpendicular to the coast. A sea-floor platform was deployed at each site to measure ocean currents, wave motions, acoustic and optical backscatter, temperature, salinity, and pressure. The objective was to quantify the hydrodynamic forcing for sediment transport and the response to such forcing near the seabed in the vicinity of an unmaintained inlet.
Suggested Citation
Martini, M.A., Montgomery, E.T., Suttles, S.E., and Warner, J.C., 2021, Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements offshore of Matanzas Inlet, Florida, 2018: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2021–1014, 21 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20211014.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Site Description
- Instruments
- Data Processing
- Results
- References Cited
- Appendix 1. Burst Data, Matanzas Inlet, Florida, January–April 2018
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements offshore of Matanzas Inlet, Florida, 2018 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2021-1014 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20211014 |
| Year Published | 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Science Center |
| Description | Report: viii, 21 p.; 2 Data Releases |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| Other Geospatial | Matanzas Inlet |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |