Successful completion of concurrent intensive field campaigns in Texas: Port Aransas and South Padre inlets

A collaborative effort of researchers, technicians and students from the University of Baja California together with the support of volunteers from CICESE and UNAM enabled undertaking intensive hydrodynamic and hydrographic measurements over 80 hours at the inlet mouths of Port Aransas (PAI) and South Padre (SPI), in Texas. The measurements were taken simultaneously at both sites, using acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) and conductivity, temperature and depth (CTDs) sensors. These measurements comprise part of the CIGOM (https://cigom.org/) project, with the aim of characterizing nearshore currents in the Perdido region. These data will allow the validation of numerical models needed to better understand the effect of meso-scale events (i.e. Northern wind fronts, hurricanes and intensive sea-breezes) on nearshore circulation patterns along the southern Texas and northern Tamaulipas coast. The support of the PAI and SPI teams is much appreciated!

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