Shinnecock Inlet Field Monitoring Project
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Monitoring Plan: Shinnecock Inlet & Bay, New York

Gauge/Location Gauge Type Purpose Sampling Scheme
ADV1 - - 450' SE of West Jetty terminus at about -38'NGVD SonTek ADVO Directional Wave Gauge Monitor Tidal Currents and Incident Waves
4096 pts/2Hz
Every 2 hrs
ADV2 - - 500' W of West Jetty at about -18'NGVD SonTek ADVO Directional Wave Gauge Monitor Longshore Current and Nearshore Waves
4096 pts/2 Hz
Every 2 hrs
P1 - - With ADV1 SonTek Argonaut MD Current Meter Monitor Ocean Water Level
180 pts/1Hz
Every 3 min.
P2 - - Inside Inlet at Marina at about
-5'NGVD
Seabird SBE-26 Tide Gauge Monitor Bay Water Level
180-second average
Every 3 min.
C1 - - West Jetty
About -5'NGVD Adjacent to USCG Tower
SonTek Argonaut SL
Current Meter
Monitor Horizontal
(2D) Inlet Current
120 pts/1 Hz
Every 6 min.
2m bin 14m from jetty
C2 - - Ponquogue Bridge Channel at About -5'NGVD SonTek Argonaut SL Current Meter Monitor Horizontal (2D) Current In Channel
120 pts/1 Hz
Every 6 min.
2m bin@channel C.L.
C3 - - Shinnecock Canal On Piling at About -5'NGVD SonTek Argonaut SL Current Meter Monitor Horizontal (2D) Current in Canal
120 pts/1 Hz/Every 6 min.
2m bin@channel C.L.
P3 - - Shinnecock Canal (South End) On Piling at About
-5'NGVD
Seabird SBE-26 Tide
Gauge
Monitor Water Level at northern Shinnecock Bay and southern end of Shinnecock Canal
180-second average
every 3 min.
P4 - - Quogue Canal
at About -5'NGVD
Seabird SBE-26
Tide Gauge
Monitor Water Level at western end of Shinnecock Bay 180-second average every 3 min.
Meteorological Station: at jettyon USCG 20m tower RM Young Wind, Temperature and Barometric Sensors Monitor Relevant Weather Conditions 10-minute average winds, hourly temperature, pressure
C4 - - Inlet East Jetty Current Meter SonTek 2D Acoustic Doppler Profiler Monitor Currents in Inlet Channel 120 pts/1Hz every 6 minutes; 10 bins @4m