Processed Data Sets

Instrumentation

	Lisst-100 and CTD		Workhorse ADCP		Instrumentation Moorings

Physical data is obtained via two separate methods--transects and moorings. Transects involve the research vessel motoring along a predetermined path while deploying instrumentation at specified intervals. Transect instrumentation includes hand-lowered CTDs and LISSTs (individual lowerings referred to as casts), along with a Workhorse ADCP towed alongside the vessel and a GPS continually logging to obtain a shiptrack. Moorings are placed in three locations, KVK (Kill Van Kull), NB (Newark Bay, near the mouths of the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers), and PA (Perth Amboy), and data is collected continuously for approximately three weeks per deployment.

• Transects
• Moorings

Transect Data

• Shiptracks-Follow the path of the vessel and see where casts were taken
  
  
• LISST-View the particle concentration distributions along the length of the transect with overlays of salinity
  
  
• CTD-This data is most often used as overlays on data from other instruments; e.g. overlays of conductivity (salinity), temperature, and/or optical backscatter (turbidity). View comparisons of LISST and CTD casts.
  
  
• ADCP-View plotted sections of along channel and cross channel currents with various overlays
  
  
• Dr. Robert Chant's page--While some of the captions are incomplete, this page offers some nice graphs of ADCP and shiptrack data, along with some mooring data

Mooring Data

*Currently, the best place to obtain mooring data is on Dr. Robert Chant's page (see above section)