Oceanographer
Email:
dnowacki@usgs.gov
Office Phone:
831-460-7428
ORCID:
0000-0002-7015-3710
Location
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz
, CA
95060
US
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Tidal water discharge within two breaches constructed in a former flood-control levee of a restored agricultural area in Port Susan, Washington, was measured repeatedly during several tidal cycles. Measurements were made on March 27, 2014, April 16, 2014, May 18, 2014, and May 29, 2014 at breach PSB1, and on May 29, 2014 at breach PSB2. These data were collected using a boat-mounted Teledyne RDI RiverRay 600 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) or a Teledyne RDI StreamPro 2000 kHz ADCP, depending on date. ADCP transect data were collected and initially reviewed using WinRiver II software and reprocessing and final review was completed with QRev software.
Tags: CMHRP,
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program,
Distributions,
Oceans,
PCMSC, All tags...
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center,
Port Susan,
Snohomish County,
State of Washington,
Stillaguamish River,
U.S. Geological Survey,
USGS,
Water Column Features,
acoustic doppler current profiling,
currents,
estuarine currents,
geoscientificInformation,
oceanography,
stream discharge,
streamflow,
tidal currents,
tidal currents, Fewer tags
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Suspended-sediment transport is a critical element governing the geomorphology of tidal marshes and estuaries. Marsh elevation, relative to sea level, is maintained by both organic material and the deposition of inorganic sediment. Additionally, horizontal marsh extent is altered by lateral erosion and accretion. In wetlands within and near Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, parts of the salt marsh are eroding relatively rapidly. To understand the connection between sediment fluxes and these processes, the U.S. Geological Survey made oceanographic and water-quality measurements from August 2, 2016, to January 28, 2017, to quantify suspended-sediment concentration and sediment transport in tidal channels...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Bayou Heron,
Bayou Middle,
Geomorphology,
Grand Bay,
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, All tags...
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Kreole,
Marine Geology,
Middle Bayou,
Mississippi,
Sedimentology,
Water Quality,
inlandWaters,
oceans,
sediment transport,
suspended material (water), Fewer tags
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This data release presents eelgrass distributions and bathymetry data derived from acoustic surveys of Bellingham Bay, Washington. Survey operations were conducted between February 16 and February 21, 2019 (USGS Field Activity Number 2019-606-FA) by a team of scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center and Washington State Department of Ecology. Eelgrass and bathymetry data were collected from the R/V George Davidson equipped with a single-beam sonar system and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. The sonar system consisted of a Biosonics DT-X single-beam echosounder and 420 kHz transducer with a 6-degree beam angle. Depths from the echosounder were computed...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation,
CMHRP,
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program,
Echo Sounders,
Ecology, All tags...
GPS (Global Positioning System),
GPS measurement,
Global Positioning System (GPS) observations,
Marine Geology,
Nooksack River,
PCMSC,
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center,
Puget Sound,
Salish Sea,
U.S. Geological Survey,
USGS,
USGS Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound Project (CHIPS),
Water Depth,
Whatcom County,
aquatic vegetation,
bathymetry,
bathymetry measurement,
elevation,
marine geophysics,
sea-floor characteristics,
single-beam echo sounder, Fewer tags
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Grand Bay, a 30-square-kilometer embayment of the Gulf of Mexico bordered by 20 square kilometers of salt marsh, is experiencing rapid lateral shoreline erosion at up to 5 meters per year. Determining whether the eroded sediment is exported to the deep ocean or imported via tidal channels and deposited on the marsh platform is critical to understanding the long-term response of the marsh to wave attack and sea-level rise. Quantifying water-column sediment flux helps to characterize the role of tidal channels in this process, and water discharge is a key component of sediment flux. To that end, discharge was measured repeatedly over consecutive diurnal tidal cycles in the tidal channels of Bayou Heron and Bayou Middle,...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Bayou Heron,
Bayou Middle,
Geomorphology,
Geophysics,
Grand Bay, All tags...
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Kreole,
Marine Geology,
Middle Bayou,
Mississippi,
Water Resources,
acoustic doppler current profiling,
inlandWaters,
oceans,
stream discharge,
streamflow, Fewer tags
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Water level, flow velocity, temperature, salinity, and turbidity were measured in a breach constructed in a flood-protection levee surrounding a restored former agricultural area in Port Susan, Washington, USA, near the mouth of the Stillaguamish River. Data were collected in a breach known as PSB1 at 15-minute intervals from March 21, 2014 to July 1, 2015 using a SonTek Argonaut-SW current meter, an In-Situ Aqua TROLL 200 pressure, conductivity, and temperature sensor, and an FTS DTS-12 turbidity sensor.
Categories: Data;
Types: NetCDF OPeNDAP Service;
Tags: CMHRP,
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program,
Distributions,
Oceans,
PCMSC, All tags...
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center,
Port Susan,
Snohomish County,
State of Washington,
Stillaguamish River,
U.S. Geological Survey,
USGS,
Water Column Features,
currents,
estuarine currents,
estuarine processes,
field inventory and monitoring,
geoscientificInformation,
marine geology,
ocean processes,
oceanography,
physical oceanography,
salinity,
sediment transport,
tidal currents,
tidal currents,
turbidity,
water level measurements,
water temperature, Fewer tags
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