Water Column Stratification and Mixing Events in Narragansett Bay During Winter and Spring

• Main Author: Andrews, James Emery
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 1997
• Subjects: Hope Island; Hope island
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/theses/1350; https://doi.org/10.23860/thesis-andrews-james-1997; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/theses/article/2321/viewcontent/thesis_andrews_james_1997.pdf

We deployed a buoy in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay, approximately one km east of Hope Island, within a bathymetric depression of approximately twice the surrounding water depth. The buoy contained an onboard logging computer and had three YSI-600 instruments, each capable of measuring temper...