Santa Rosa Island, Florida, was the site for CTD casts measuring temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density anomaly from 14-16 December 2013. The dataset includes 26 total casts, sampling the water column down to 10-23 meters at a nominal 2-second rate. It was created by the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE) as part of the Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathway Experiment.
Use Cases
- Modeling nearshore oil transport pathways based on measured water properties.
- Analyzing mixing processes in the surf zone based on temperature and salinity profiles.
- Quantifying the impact of wind- and wave-forcing on coastal currents based on the observed range of storm conditions.
- Calibrating forecasts from nearshore hydrodynamic models based on the unique set of observations.
Strengths
- Captured a wide range of wind- and wave-forcing conditions due to synoptic winter storms.
- Includes 26 CTD casts over three days, with a nominal sampling rate of 2 seconds.
- Water column was sampled down to depths of approximately 10-23 meters.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2013-12-16 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE)
- Collection Method
- Data collected with CTD casts during the SCOPE field campaign.
- Time Range
- 2013-12-14 to 2013-12-16
- Geography
- Santa Rosa Island, Florida