CTD observations on the North Brazil shelf during a Multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study (AMASSEDS) : February - March 1990
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/938Location
North Brazil shelfAmazon River
DOI
10.1575/1912/938Keyword
Hydrography; CTD; Suspended sediment; AmasSeds (A Multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study); North Brazil Coastal Region; Columbus Iselin (Ship) Cruise CI9002Abstract
Hydrographic (CTD) and acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) observations were made on the North Brazil shelf adjacent
to the mouth of the Amazon River during R/V Iselin cruise I9002 February 10-March 29, 1990 as part of A Multidisciplinary
Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study (AMASSEDS). These observations were obtained during a small-scale survey on Leg 1 in
support of mooring deployment operations, during a lage-scale survey on Leg 3 in support of geological and geochemical
sampling, during a frontal zone survey on Leg 4 consisting of 12 and 24 hourly CTD casts at anchored stations, and during a
bottom tripod recovery on Leg 5. The maximum sampling depth at each station was within two meters of the bottom.
The primary objectives of the AMASSEDS hydrographic measurement program were (a) to observe and characterize the
temperature, salinity, density, oxygen, fluorescence and light transmission fields and their spatial variability on the North Brazilian
shelf directly influence by the Amazon River discharge, (b) to resolve the seaward extent and vertical structure of the surface
plume of low salinity Amazon River water during different stages of river discharge, (c) to describe the spatial structure of the
turbidity and associate suspended sediment distributions across the shelf, (d) to characterize the properties of the Amazon shelf
water beneath the surface plume and their seasonal variability, and (e) to describe the landward penetration of the North Brazil
Current with respect to water properties and shelf currents. This report represents a summary in graphic and tabular form of the
hydrographic observations made during the seond AMASSEDS cruise (I9002) on the R/V Iselin.
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Limeburner, R., & Beardsley, R. C. (1991). CTD observations on the North Brazil shelf during a Multidisciplinary Amazon Shelf SEDiment Study (AMASSEDS): February - March 1990. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/938Related items
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