Fluid mechanical measurements within the boundary layer over the northern California Continental Shelf during STRESS

Fredericks, Janet J.; Trowbridge, John H.; Williams, Albert J.; Lentz, Steven J.; Butman, Bradford; Gross, Thomas F.

Fluid mechanical measurements within the boundary layer over the northern California Continental Shelf during STRESS

1993

In studying the processes controlling particle distrbution of fine sediments over the continental shelf, the height, structure anddynamics of the bottom boundary layer must be better understood. The Sediment Transport Events on Shelves and Slopes (STRESS)program provides a comprehensive set of data over the bottom half of the water column at the 90m and the 130m isobaths along thenorthern California continental shelf during the winters of 1988-89 and 1990-91.This report presents the STRESS salinity, temperature, velocity, wave characteristics and attenuation data. The report describesthe processing, provides plots and tables of the data and corresponding statistics for evaluation of the data, and documentsthe data fies. The combined set of moored and tripod mounted instrument measurements provides integrated, hourly-averagedprofiles of the lower half of the water column at the four sites which can be used for analysis and modeling purposes.

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Funding provided by the Office of Naval Research under contractsN00014-89-J-1067, N00014-89-J-1058 and N00014-89-J-1074.

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