Measurement of Tidal Flux for the Lower Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain Estuaries of Mississippi and Louisiana Using Acoustic Doppler Velocity Technology
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During 2000-2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Ocean Modeling and Prediction Division of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), constructed tidal gages at the East Pearl River at CSX Railroad near Claiborne, Mississippi, at the Rigolets at CSX Railroad near Rigolets, Louisiana, and at the Chef Menteur Pass at CSX Railroad at Chef Menteur, Louisiana, to collect data that could be used to assist in computing the tidal flux of the Pearl River and Lake Pontchartrain estuarine systems in Mississippi and Louisiana. Each gage records continuous tidal stage, velocity, water temperature, specific conductance, and salinity, and transmits these data via satellite for output to the USGS real-time Internet portal at:
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