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Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from San Pablo Bay (northern San Francisco Bay), 2011-2012

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2011-02-02
End Date
2012-06-28

Citation

Ferreira, J.C.T., Dailey, E.T., MacVean, L.J., and Lacy, J.R., 2019, Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from San Pablo Bay (northern San Francisco Bay), 2011-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://doi.org/10.5066/F7WD3Z2F.

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center collected data to investigate sediment dynamics in the shallows of San Pablo Bay in two deployments: February to March 2011 (ITX11) and May to June 2012 (ITX12). This data release includes time-series data and grain-size distributions from sediment grabs collected during the deployments. During each deployment, time series of current velocity, water depth, and turbidity were collected at several stations in the shallows, and one station in the channel. Velocity and depth (pressure) were collected at high frequency (10 Hz) to allow calculation of wave parameters and turbulence statistics. Instrumentation and data collected in the two deployments is summarized in the [...]

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Contacts

Point of Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Originator :
Joanne C. T Ferreira, Evan T Dailey, Lissa J MacVean, Jessica R Lacy
Metadata Contact :
PCMSC Science Data Coordinator
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards
SDC Data Owner :
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

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ITX_time-series_metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		19.55 KB application/fgdc+xml
ITX_StudyArea.png
“Image map showing locations of sampling efforts” 		thumbnail 8.02 MB image/png
ITX11_time-series-data.zip 931.46 MB application/zip
ITX12_time-series_data.zip 624.65 MB application/zip

Purpose

The purpose of these deployments was to investigate sediment dynamics in very shallow water, including the intertidal region, in San Francisco Bay. We are interested in what controls turbidity in shallow and intertidal regions because they serve as an important source of sediment to marshes. In addition, shallows tend to be the most turbid part of the estuary, because of wave-driven resuspension, so sediment dynamics in the shallows are an important part of the sediment budget of the estuary. These data sets provide calibration data for sediment transport models of San Francisco Bay.
Image map showing locations of sampling efforts
Image map showing locations of sampling efforts

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