Data Release

Title

Ocean Currents and Pressure Time Series at the Upper Florida Keys: Crocker Reef, FL

By Legna Torres-Garcia,¹ David Zawada,² and Nathan Smiley²

¹Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, University of Florida, 365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, Florida 32611-6580
²U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA

Summary

Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) and Pressure loggers were deployed at Crocker Reef, a senile (dead) barrier reef located in the northern portion of the Florida Reef Tract during December 12, 2014 to January 30, 2015. A pressure logger was deployed in the deepest part of the fore reef at a water depth of 14 m. This logger configured to measure pressure at a rate of 2 Hz to obtain wave statistics. An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, two SonTek Argonaut-XR Current Profilers, and a Nortek Aquadopp current meter were deployed at different locations on the reef flat and configured to measure three-dimensional flow velocities throughout the water column. Current measurements were taken at a rate of 1 Hz for 120 s every 10 minutes; each 120 s sampling was internally averaged to provide data at 10 minute resolution. 

Data

Suggested Citation

Torres-Garcia, L.M., Zawada, D., and Smiley, N., 2017, Ocean currents and pressure time series at the Upper Florida Keys—Crocker Reef, FL: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7VD6XBF.