Hanalei Bay Coastal Wave and Current Measurements from 2006

Summer 2006 measurements of waves, currents, water levels, temperature, salinity, and turbidity were collected from bottom-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii. The data were gathered by the US Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program's Pacific Coral Project and finalized by NOAA NCEI. Observations were made in shallow water depths of 10 meters or less to support coral reef process studies.

Use Cases

• Analyzing wave height and current direction time-series to model sediment transport patterns near coral reefs.
• Correlating water temperature and turbidity measurements to assess environmental stress on coral ecosystems.
• Studying the relationship between water level (tide) data and current velocity for coastal inundation modeling.
• Validating hydrodynamic models of shallow bays using high-resolution wave and current profiles.

Strengths

• High-resolution measurements of multiple physical oceanographic variables.
• Data collected over a continuous 3-month period from June to September 2006.
• Specific geographic focus on a shallow (<=10m depth), coral reef-influenced bay.

Limitations

• Data is from a single summer season in 2006, limiting analysis of seasonal or long-term trends.
• Unknown sample size, row count, and specific file formats for core data.
• Some variables like salinity and turbidity are only summarized in graphics, not provided as finalized time-series.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), originating from the US Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program.

Collection Method

Data collected from bottom-mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) instrument packages deployed in the bay.

Time Range

08 June 2006 to 05 September 2006

Freshness

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Geography

Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, USA