Turbidity, SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC and other data from FIXED PLATFORM in the Gulf of Mexico from 1985-09-29 to 1987-12-29 (NCEI Accession 8800149)

Data included in this accession consists of volume discharges from the Mississippi and Atchafalya rivers collected by Louisiana State University from September 1985 to December 1987 as part of the MMS/OCS development and potential coastal habitat alteration. The sampling area was coastal Louisiana. Parameters reported are salinity, temperature and water levels. This work was funded under MMS contract number 14-12-0001-30252. The documentation includes the data format and site identification. More information can be found in "Causes of Wetland Loss in the Coastal Central Gulf of Mexico", Vol II: Technical Narrative, OCS study MMS 87-0120, R.E. Turner and D.R. Calhoun (eds.), Louisiana State University, 1988.

NOTE written by S. Pande on Nov 10, 2004: The dates in the abstract and the data files do not match. CHECK content before uploading.