Abstract:

This dataset contains time series measurements over the period 3-17 December 2012 from six mooring stations within 500 meters of the shoreline at Beasley Park on Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Four stations had bottom-mounted upward-looking 2MHz Aquadopp ADCPs with CTDs attached to the ADCP frames. Two stations had thermistor strings. One station had only a single pressure and temperature sensor. CARTHE investigators conducted the Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathway Experiment (SCOPE) during the period 2-19 December 2013, focused on measuring the inner-shelf and surf-zone processes responsible for oil transport near Santa Rosa Island, FL. The intensive three-week experiment included a cross-shore array of fixed instruments to measure winds, waves, currents, and water properties from 10m water depth to the shoreline. Lagrangian drifters, dye releases, and moving-vessel measuring platforms were also used. This unique set of observations is valuable both for quantifying nearshore physics and mixing estimates, and for assessing nearshore model forecasts. The observations captured a wide range of wind and wave forcing due to a number of synoptic winter storms that occurred during the experiment. This dataset was created by the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE). This research was made possible by a grant from BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.

Suggested Citation:

MacMahan, Jamie. 2014. SCOPE experiment cross-shore array measurements, Santa Rosa Island, Florida (December 2013). Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N72F7KC4

Publications:

Roth, M. K., MacMahan, J., Reniers, A., Özgökmen, T. M., Woodall, K., & Haus, B. (2017). Observations of inner shelf cross-shore surface material transport adjacent to a coastal inlet in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research, 137, 142–153. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2016.12.017

Kuitenbrouwer, D., Reniers, A., MacMahan, J., & Roth, M. K. (2018). Coastal protection by a small scale river plume against oil spills in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research, 163, 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2018.05.002

Purpose:

Fixed instruments were used to measure temperature, salinity, pressure, and 3D ocean currents a six stations within 500 meters of the shoreline to learn more about the nearshore processes responsible for oil transport near Santa Rosa Island, FL. This unique set of observations is valuable both for quantifying nearshore physics and mixing estimates, and for assessing nearshore model forecasts.

Data Parameters and Units:

Station Longitude (Lon, decimal degrees) Latitude (Lat, decimal degrees) yearday (local time) pressure (decibars) temperature (degrees C) node height above bottom (m) depth (m) salinity (parts per thousand) U = east velocity (m/sec) (positive toward magnetic east) V = north velocity (m/sec) (positive toward magnetic north) W = vertical velocity (m/sec) A = average ADCP backscatter (counts) Station Lon Lat Depth (m) Height off bed (m) 1 -86.58280 30.38850 10.0 0.25 2 -86.58310 30.39040 5.7 0.25 3 -86.58280 30.39220 2.9 0.25 4 -86.58280 30.39190 4.1 0.25 5 -86.58280 30.39130 2.0 0.25 6 -86.58280 30.39250 1.5 0.25

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