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Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth.
Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth.
Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth.
Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth.

Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth. Ray Sliter (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center) and Deb Hutchison (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) shown at far left.

Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth. Ray Sliter (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center) and Deb Hutchison (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) shown at far left.

Minipod style tripod for near bottom current and wave measurements ready for deployment.
Minipod style tripod for near bottom current and wave measurements
Minipod style tripod for near bottom current and wave measurements
Minipod style tripod for near bottom current and wave measurements

Minipod style tripod for near bottom current and wave measurements ready for deployment.

USGS staff and ship's crew prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam sonar.
Deploying multibeam sonar
Deploying multibeam sonar
Deploying multibeam sonar

USGS staff and the ship's crew of the R/V Sharp prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam echosounder during a mapping program in the mid-Atlantic in 2015.

USGS staff and the ship's crew of the R/V Sharp prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam echosounder during a mapping program in the mid-Atlantic in 2015.

Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data
Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data
Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data
Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data

Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data integrated from multiple IOOS Partner forecast models

Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations)
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boun
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boun
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boun

Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations). The NIMBBLE is a low-profile platform with two acoustic Doppler velocimeters and an upward-looking acoustic Doppler profilers.

Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations). The NIMBBLE is a low-profile platform with two acoustic Doppler velocimeters and an upward-looking acoustic Doppler profilers.

Photograph of a Juncus marsh in the Tampa Bay estuary, Florida.
Juncus Marsh
Juncus Marsh
Juncus Marsh

Photograph of a Juncus marsh in the Tampa Bay estuary, Florida.

Photograph of a Juncus marsh in the Tampa Bay estuary, Florida.

Map showing the change in modern sediment thickness in meters between 1996-1997 and 2011 offshore of Fire Island
Map showing the change in modern sediment thickness Fire Island, NY
Map showing the change in modern sediment thickness Fire Island, NY
Map showing the change in modern sediment thickness Fire Island, NY

Map showing the change in modern sediment thickness in meters between 1996-1997 and 2011 offshore of Fire Island. Green areas indicate accretion and red a

Woods Hole drone pilots at UAS training
UAS Pilot Training
UAS Pilot Training
UAS Pilot Training

USGS pilot Sandy Brosnahan and Senate Pro Tempore Marc Pacheco discuss the use of Umanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also known as drones) to collect data in coastal environments. Photo credit: Dann Blackwood, USGS.

USGS pilot Sandy Brosnahan and Senate Pro Tempore Marc Pacheco discuss the use of Umanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also known as drones) to collect data in coastal environments. Photo credit: Dann Blackwood, USGS.

Location Map of the Study site
Hudson Shelf Valley Study Site
Hudson Shelf Valley Study Site
Hudson Shelf Valley Study Site

Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley location map

USGS staff diving in Chincoteague Bay, MD
Measuring seagrass!
Measuring seagrass!
Measuring seagrass!

Measuring seagrass biomass in Chincoteague Bay, Maryland to constrain numerical models.

Tracklines map
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015

Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015 geophysical surveys offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula.

Chincoteague Bay, MD
Storm erosion at Chincoteague Bay, MD
Storm erosion at Chincoteague Bay, MD
Storm erosion at Chincoteague Bay, MD

Storm induced erosion of marsh shorelines can provide significant quantities of sediment to the bay altering the deposition patterns.

 

Storm induced erosion of marsh shorelines can provide significant quantities of sediment to the bay altering the deposition patterns.

 

Image of data processing on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Data Processing Center on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Data Processing Center on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Data Processing Center on the M/V Scarlett Isabella

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center personnel process data in the dry lab on the M/V Scarlett Isabella

flood tidal shoal
Flood tidal shoal
Flood tidal shoal
Flood tidal shoal

Flood tidal shoal at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (courtesy USGS EROS NAIP orthophotography)

Flood tidal shoal at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey (courtesy USGS EROS NAIP orthophotography)

USGS personnel collecting samples in Barnegat Bay, NJ
Collecting Samples in Barnegat Bay
Collecting Samples in Barnegat Bay
Collecting Samples in Barnegat Bay

Box-cores provide a relatively undistributed look into the recent past to help better understand the processes contributing to sediment deposition and erosion.

Box-cores provide a relatively undistributed look into the recent past to help better understand the processes contributing to sediment deposition and erosion.

USGS personnel collecting sediments
Barnegat Bay, NJ Surface Sediments
Barnegat Bay, NJ Surface Sediments
Barnegat Bay, NJ Surface Sediments

Surface sediments will be analyzed for various physical parameters that will be used as initial conditions in hydrodynamic and sediment transport models.

 

Surface sediments will be analyzed for various physical parameters that will be used as initial conditions in hydrodynamic and sediment transport models.

 

Map of Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

A GIS compilation of Updated Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Gulf of Mexico Coast

A GIS compilation of Updated Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Gulf of Mexico Coast