Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathway Experiment (SCOPE) cross-shore stationary instruments array for velocity measurements, Santa Rosa Island, Florida, January-December 2014

This dataset captures data from a long-term ADCP deployment over Jan-Dec 2014, in support of the SCOPE experiment, deployed in 10m water depth at SCOPE station 1 near Santa Rosa Island, Florida. There were 8 ADCP deployments for which files are separated. Parameters measured include U (east velocity), V (north velocity), W (vertical velocity), A (average backscatter), and P (pressure) CARTHE investigators conducted the Surfzone Coastal Oil Pathway Experiment (SCOPE) during the period 2-19 December 2013, focused on measuring the inner-shelf and surf-zone processes responsible for oil transport near Santa Rosa Island, FL. The intensive three-week experiment included a cross-shore array of fixed instruments to measure winds, waves, currents, and water properties from 10m water depth to the shoreline. Lagrangian drifters, dye releases, and moving-vessel measuring platforms were also used. This unique set of observations is valuable both for quantifying nearshore physics and mixing estimates, and for assessing nearshore model forecasts. The observations captured a wide range of wind and wave forcing due to a number of synoptic winter storms that occurred during the experiment.