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Lagrangian ocean surface drifter deployments off the National Park of American Samoa, Tutuila, American Samoa, 2015

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2015-04-14
End Date
2015-07-07

Citation

Rosenberger, K.J., and Storlazzi, C.D., 2017, Data from coastal circulation and water-column properties in the National Park of American Samoa, February-July 2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7RN362H.

Summary

Satellite-tracked, DGPS-equipped Lagrangian surface-current drifter deployments were conducted over 12 weeks between 14 April and 7 July 2015 at various locations within and offshore of the National Park of American Samoa study area to track surface currents. The drifters internally logged their location every 1 minute, and they transmitted their positions to satellites every 5 minutes. A drogue was attached to the drifters at 1 m below sea level in order to track the currents at that depth.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Originator :
Curt Storlazzi, Kurt Rosenberger
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Metadata Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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NPSADrifter_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		17.96 KB application/fgdc+xml
NPSADrifterCSVFiles_namedwithLCLStart.zip
“Lagrangian Drifter CSV Files” 		280.42 KB application/zip
NPSADrifterPlot.jpg thumbnail 1.3 MB image/jpeg

Purpose

These drifter deployments were conducted as a part of a larger investigation into the circulation and transport along the coast off the National Park of American Samoa on the island of Tutuila, American Samoa.
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