FLEX (Fall Low salinity EXperiment) Hydrographic Data Report: R/V Iselin station profiles, maps, sections, SAIL, and beach data, October--November 1987

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6556309

Chandler, W S; Atkinson, L P; Kim, Cheolsoo

The FLEX Hydrographic Data Report includes CTD data listings and profile plots of each station taken aboard the R/V Columbus Iselin. In this report are vertical section contours, surface maps of temperature, salinity and sigma-t and a description of the conditions observed on each section. Shipboard Serial Ascii Instrumentation Loop (SAIL) data and data from two beach stations are also presented. FLEX (Fall Low salinity EXperiment) was designed to study the processes affecting the transport and fate of low salinity water in the coastal boundry zone (CBZ) off Georgia and South Carolina during the fall. Averaged historic data (Atkinson et al., 1983) indicated that a band of low salinity water is advected southward along the Florida coast during the fall. The FLEX field program included an array of moored current meters with temperature, conductivity and pressure sensors, and two research vessels (R/V Columbus Iselin and R/V Blue Fin) that conducted hydrographic mapping and biological and chemical sampling. The plan was for the Iselin to survey the study area once as quickly as possible at the beginning of the cruise. Four sections, at Cape Canaveral, St. Augustine, Brunswick and Savannah, were established with stations 5 and 10 kilometers apart (nearshore and offshore, respectively). On subsequent surveys of the study area saw-toothed mapping with the ship's SAIL system was conducted along the CBZ while transitting between sections. The Iselin mapped the study area five times during the experiment.

• Research Organization: Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (USA). Research Foundation
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-85ER60348
• OSTI ID: 6556309
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60348-10; ON: DE89005017
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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