Data from a tidal cycle continuous survey using ADCP and CTD in Sand Shoal Inlet, Virginia

<p><strong>Title:&nbsp; </strong>Data from a tidal cycle continuous survey using ADCP and CTD in Sand Shoal Inlet, Virginia.</p> <p><strong>Author/Data Collector: </strong>Chunyan Li</p> <p><strong>Point of Contact, PI, Originator:&nbsp; </strong>Chunyan Li (cli@lsu.edu)</p> <p>These are data files from a 12.5-hour continuous survey done in Sand Shoal Inlet in Eastern Shore of Virginia on the Delmarva Peninsula on May 12, 1999.</p> <p>The ADCP data files are:&nbsp;SS01002T.000,&nbsp;SS01003T.000, and&nbsp;SS01004T.000.</p> <p>The CTD data files are named as&nbsp;SNDSHL**.CNV (a total of 33 files).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>ADCP data are measured from the RDI&rsquo;s old program Transect.</p> <p><em>Ship Track:</em>&nbsp; Repeated samplings of ADCP were made along four transects connected by four points:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [1] 37 17.918 N,&nbsp; 75 48.596 W</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [2] 37 18.344 N,&nbsp; 75 48.248 W</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [3] 37 17.884 N,&nbsp; 75 47.981 W</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [4] 37 18.054 N,&nbsp; 75 47.664 W</p> <p><em>CTD stations:</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {1} 37 18.174 N,&nbsp; 75 48.378 W</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {2} 37 17.978 N,&nbsp; 75 47.787 W</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;Cast # &nbsp; Station #<br> &nbsp; 00 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 01 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 02 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 03 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 04 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 05 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 06 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 07 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; n/a &nbsp;extra cast at ADCP [2]<br> &nbsp; 08 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 09 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 10 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 11 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; n/a &nbsp;extra cast north of a front<br> &nbsp; 12 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 13 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 14 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 15 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 16 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 17 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 18 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 19 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 20 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 21 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 22 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 23 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 24 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 25 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 26 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 27 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 28 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 29 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 30 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 31 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2<br> &nbsp; 32 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1<br> &nbsp; 33 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2</em><br> &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS</strong></p> <p>Thanks to Arnoldo Valle-Levinson and Larry Atkinson for the research support. The field trip participants included Cristobal Creyes, Bob Bray, RC Kidd, Rosario Sanay, Kris Holderied, Andres Sepulveda as well as a person by the first name Wildo. The data were used in Li (2002).</p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p>Li, C. (2002). Axial convergence fronts in a barotropic tidal inlet - Sand Shoal Inlet, VA, <em>Continental Shelf Research</em>, 22: 2633-2653. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00118-8">https://doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00118-8</a>.</p>