LONG-TERM MONITORING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BAY

Description: Measurements of currents and other oceanographic properties were made at two locations to understand the transport and long-term fate of sediments and associated contaminants in Massachusetts Bay, one to the south of the new ocean outfall (LT-A), and at a second location about 22 km to the southeast of the ocean outfall offshore of Scituate, Mass (LT-B). This set of field observations is part of a larger project to develop a predictive capability and understanding of the fate, transport, and environmental effects of sewage wastes discharged to the coastal ocean (see http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/bostonharbor/).

Duration: 1989 - 2006

USGS PI's: B. Butman, M. Bothner, and R. Signell

Collaborators: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, U.S. Coast Guard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Publications:

Long-term Oceanographic Observations in Western Massachusetts Bay Offshore of Boston, Massachusetts: Data Report for 1989-2002

Bothner, M.H. and Butman, B. (eds.), 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean –
Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302. 89 p. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1302/

Butman, Bradford, Dalyander, P.S., Bothner, M.H., and Lange, W.H., 2008, Time-Series Photographs of the Sea Floor in Western Massachusetts Bay, Version 2, 1989-1996: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 265, Version 2.0, DVD-ROM. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/265/

Butman, Bradford, Dalyander, P.S., Bothner, M.H., and Lange, W.H., 2008, Time-Series Photographs of the Sea Floor in Western Massachusetts Bay, 1996-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 266, Version 1.0, DVD-ROM. Also online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/266/

Butman, Bradford, Sherwood, C.R., and Dalyander, P. Soupy, in press, Northeast storms ranked by wind stress and wave-generated bottom stress observed in Massachusetts Bay, 1990-2006. Continental Shelf Research.

Martini, M., Butman , B., Mickelson, M., 2007, Long-term performance of Aanderra Optodes and Sea-Bird SBE-43 dissolved oxygen sensors at 32 m in Massachusetts Bay, J. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24, 1924-1935.

Warner, J.C., Butman, Bradford, and Dalyander, P. Soupy, 2008, Storm-driven sediment transport in Massachusetts Bay. Continental Shelf Research, 28, 257-282.

Field Activity Reports: 89035, 90002, 90016, 90041, 91005, 91016, 92008, 92026, 92029, 92032, 93002, 93003, 93011, 93024, 93031, 94015, 94019, 94022, 94035, 94040, 95017, 95022, 95032, 95035, 95038, 95039, 96007, 96012, 96019, 96023, 96049, 97015, 97016, 97017, 97029, 97043, 97044, 98011, 98019, 98028, 98044, 98028, 99007, 99008, 99009, 99021, 99040, 00002, 00003, 00004, 00048, 00062, 00066, 00085, 01022, 01023, 01024, 01051, 01061, 01068, 01069, 01080, 01085, 01086, 02026, 02044, 02045, 02046, 02048, 02056, 02064, 03028, 03031, 03057, 04016, 04023, 04026, 04032, 04065, 05003, 05022, 05023, 05025, 05038, 06003

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Links to the Data
Ocean Outfall (site LT-A)	Scituate, Mass. (site LT-B)	Data access via OPeNDAP
Basic Sampling Interval	Basic Sampling Interval	LT-A
Hour-averaged	Hour-averaged	LT-B
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LONG-TERM MONITORING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BAY

Links to the Data