Long-term oceanographic observations in Massachusetts Bay, 1989-2006

Bradford Butman; P. Soupy Alexander; Michael H. Bothner; Jonathan Borden; Michael A. Casso; Benjamin T. Gutierrez; Mary E. Hastings; Frances L. Lightsom; Marinna A. Martini; Ellyn T. Montgomery; Richard R. Rendigs; William S. Strahle

doi:10.3133/ds74

Long-term oceanographic observations in Massachusetts Bay, 1989-2006

Data Series 74

By: Bradford Butman, P. Soupy Alexander, Michael H. Bothner, Jonathan Borden, Michael A. Casso, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Mary E. Hastings, Frances L. Lightsom, Marinna A. Martini, Ellyn T. Montgomery, Richard R. Rendigs, and William S. Strahle

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Long-Term Oceanographic Observations in Western Massachusetts Bay Offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: Data Report for 1989-2002(2004)

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Abstract

This data report presents long-term oceanographic observations made in western Massachusetts Bay at long-term site A (LT-A) (42 deg 22.6' N., 70 deg 47.0' W.; nominal water depth 32 meters) from December 1989 through February 2006 and long-term site B (LT-B) (42 deg 9.8' N., 70 deg 38.4' W.; nominal water depth 22 meters) from October 1997 through February 2004 (fig. 1). The observations were collected as part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study designed to understand the transport and long-term fate of sediments and associated contaminants in Massachusetts Bay. The observations include time-series measurements of current, temperature, salinity, light transmission, pressure, oxygen, fluorescence, and sediment-trapping rate. About 160 separate mooring or tripod deployments were made on about 90 research cruises to collect these long-term observations. This report presents a description of the 16-year field program and the instrumentation used to make the measurements, an overview of the data set, more than 2,500 pages of statistics and plots that summarize the data, and the digital data in Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) format. This research was conducted by the USGS in cooperation with the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Long-term oceanographic observations in Massachusetts Bay, 1989-2006
Series title	Data Series
Series number	74
DOI	10.3133/ds74
Edition	Version 3.0, Supersedes Versions 1.0 & 2.0
Year Published	2009
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s)	Woods Hole Science Center
Description	Available online and on DVD-ROM
Time Range Start	1989-12-01
Time Range End	2006-02-28
Online Only (Y/N)	N
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	Y
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