CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEAR-BOTTOM SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FIELD OVER THE CONTINENTAL-SHELF OFF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BASED ON OPTICAL ATTENUATIONMEASUREMENTS DURING STRESS AND SMILE
Jh. Trowbridge et al., CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEAR-BOTTOM SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FIELD OVER THE CONTINENTAL-SHELF OFF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BASED ON OPTICAL ATTENUATIONMEASUREMENTS DURING STRESS AND SMILE, Continental shelf research, 14(10-11), 1994, pp. 1257-1272
Time-series measurements of current velocity, optical attenuation and
surface wave intensity obtained during the Sediment Transport Events o
n Shelves and Slopes (STRESS) experiments, combined with shipboard mea
surements of conductivity, temperature and optical attenuation obtaine
d during the Shelf Mixed Layer Experiment (SMILE), provide a descripti
on of the sediment concentration field over the central and outer shel
f off northern California. The questions addressed are: (1) existence
and characteristics of bottom nepheloid layers and their relationship
to bottom mixed layers; (2) characteristics of temporal fluctuations i
n sediment concentration and their relationship to waves and currents;
(3) spatial scales over which suspended sediment concentrations vary
horizontally; and (4) vertical distribution of suspended sediment.