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Coastal Ocean Processes Inner-Shelf Study

Entry ID: COOP

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Summary

Abstract: To improve our understanding of nearshore processes and the physical
and biological processes influencing planktonic larval distributions
over the inner shelf, an interdisciplinary field program, funded by
the National Science Foundation's Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP)
Program and the Office of Naval Research, was conducted near Duck,
North Carolina.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 67.0

S: -5.0

E: 18.0

W: -100.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1994-08-01

Stop Date: 1994-12-31

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND STRESS

OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY POSITION

OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WIND WAVES

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

OCEANS

Project

DODS > Distributed Oceanographic Data System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

OPENDAP > Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol

Ancillary Keywords

Mooring Specification

Originating Center

Data Center

Upper Ocean Processes Group, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Data Center URL: http://uop.whoi.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BOB WELLER Phone: (508) 457-2000 Email: rweller at whoi.edu Contact Address: Upper Ocean Processes Group Department of Physical Oceanography Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Publications/References

Alessi, C., Lentz, S., Austin, J., 1996: Coastal Ocean Processes
Inner-Shelf Study: Coastal and Moored Physical Oceanographic
Measurements, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Tech. Rep. WHOI-96-06,
Woods Hole, MA, 154 pp. (summary)

Lentz, S., R. T. Guza, S. Elgar, F. Feddersen, and T.H.C. Herbers,
Momentum balances on the North Carolina Inner Shelf, J. Geophy. Res,
104, 18205-18226, 1999. (Abstract available)

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-10-03

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-10-07

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