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 "headline": "Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics- Projects",
 "datePublished": "July 2, 2018",
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     "name": "Steven E Suttles",
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     "text": "Project Summaries:"
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     "text": "Near-bottom Temperature, Conductivity, and Light Transmission Observations in theWestern Gulf of Maine, 2013-2017Near-seafloor observations were made at 6 locations in western Gulf of Maine to document thefrequency of fine-grained sediment resuspension.  Sensors measuring temperature, conductivity, andlight transmission were deployed approximately 13 meters above bottom on selected moorings of theUniversity of Maine Ocean Observing System (UMOOS). UMOOS is part the Northeastern RegionalAssociation of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)."
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     "text": "Oceanographic, Atmospheric and Water-Quality Measurements Sandwich Town Neck Beach,Massachusetts, January \u2013 June, 2016 and December 2016 - June, 2017The objective of collecting these measurements was to enhance understanding of how waves,currents, tides, and overwash during winter storms effect sediment transport and beach erosion.Short-duration deployments of portable pressure sensors deployed on the beach, along with sensorsmeasuring atmospheric pressure and two longer duration deployments of sensors on platforms on theseafloor north of beach capture the processes contributing to morphological change at this location."
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     "text": "Water level measurements on Dauphin Island, Alabama and the Chandeleur Islands,Louisiana, in the 2012 and 2013 hurricane seasonsAs part of the Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) program, observations of atmosphericpressure, water levels, and waves were made on two barrier Islands over two hurricane seasons.Pressure sensors were installed in shallow wells buried in the beach and on structures in air. Thepressure measurements from the wells is converted to water level. Direct water-level measurementson barrier islands during storms are somewhat uncommon because equipment is often lost, buried,or destroyed during these high-energy events."
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     "text": "Oceanographic and Water Quality Measurements Collected in Grand Bay,Alabama/Mississippi, August, 2016 \u2013 January, 2017In wetlands within and near Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, portions of the saltmarsh are eroding at relatively rapid rates. To understand the connection between sediment fluxesand these processes, the USGS made oceanographic measurements to quantify suspended-sedimentconcentration and sediment transport in tidal channels and open embayments in the study area."
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     "text": "Oceanographic time-series measurements made by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1975 and the present as part of research programs."
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     "text": "Oceanographic and Water Quality Measurements in two Southern California CoastalWetlands, 2013-2014The objective of this study was to compare an urbanized wetland with limited sediment supply (SealBeach) with a less modified marsh (Pt. Mugu) with fluvial sediment supply. Marine temperature,conductivity, pressure sensors, optical turbidity sensors and acoustic velocity meters were deployedon bottom platforms to quantify the conditions in the water column."
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     "text": "Oceanographic and Water Quality Measurements in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland/Virginia,2014 \u2013 2015, and in Barnegat Bay, NJ, 2014The primary objective of the Estuarine Physical Response to Storms (EPR) program was tomeasure the physical response of the system to storm events, and identify processes that may affectestuarine resilience. Bottom landing platforms with instrumentation to measure currents, waves,water level, optical turbidity, water temperature, conductivity and water quality parameters weredeployed sites in the two study areas. Downward looking altimeters measured changes in elevation ofthe seabed. A meteorological station measured atmospheric conditions over the study period at eachlocation."
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     "text": "Oceanographic and water-quality measurements in Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge,Wells, Maine, March \u2013 December, 2013Observations of suspended-sediment concentration and water flow rates were made in the tidalchannels of the wetlands in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Wells, Maine. Theobjective was to characterize the sediment-transport mechanisms that contribute to the net sedimentbudget of the wetland complex. A meteorological tower, optical turbidity sensors, and acousticvelocity meters were deployed at sites on Stephens Brook and the Ogunquit River."
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     "text": "Oceanographic and Water-Quality Measurements collected south of Martha\u2019s Vineyard, MA,July, 2014 \u2013 January, 2015 and November \u2013 December, 2015This study part of National Science Foundation \u201cBottom Stress and the Generation of Vertical VorticityOver the Inner Shelf\u201d project. The objective was to measure bottom stress at several locations withvarying bottom depths, sediment types, and bedforms. Seafloor platforms with upward-lookingacoustic Doppler current profilers, pressure sensors, and water-quality sensors were deployed at allsites to characterize the local environment. At other sites downward-looking acoustic Doppler currentprofilers measured near-bottom velocity profiles and sonars mapped centimeter to meter scale bottomtopography. The late autumn 2015 deployment was primarily for evaluating methods for measuringbottom shear stress, but it also provides useful information on waves, currents, and sedimenttransport."
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     "text": "Field experiments carried out by the Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project include observations offshore of barrier islands and headlands; observations on barrier islands; observations in estuaries; observations in shelf environments; and process studies of sediment transport in the bottom boundary layer.  Experiments typically involved deployment of an array of a variety of instrument systems for several months and were carried out along the U.S. east coast and in the Gulf of Mexico."
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     "text": "Oceanographic measurements south of Fire Island, New York, winters of 2012 and 2014Oceanographic and meteorological observations were made at 7 sites on and around the sand ridgesoffshore of Fire Island NY in winter 2012. Surface wave data, full water column currentmeasurements, and near-bottom beam attenuation, pressure, temperature and salinity observationswere collected. An instrumented buoy collected local meteorological data: air temperature, relativehumidity, solar radiation, wind direction, speed, and gust speed. Then in February through May, 2014similar measurements were made at 9 sites to further investigate coastal processes that control thesediment-transport dynamics. Fortuitously, these studies bracketed Hurricane Sandy and allowsome quantification of the storm\u2019s effects."
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     "text": "The Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics Project exists to support ocean, coastal and estuarine research."
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