Experiment: 	Central California Coastal Circulation Study (CCCCS)
Funding Agency: MMS (Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service)
Contractor: 	Raytheon 
Dates:  	February 1984 - July 1985
Location: 	Point Conception to San Francisco

Data acquired during experiment:
		
		Moored current meter data (/CCCCS/current_meters)
		Hydrographic measurements (/CCCCS/ctd)	
		Lagrangian surface drifters (CCCCS/drifters)
		Sea-level observations (see /NOS)
		Infared satellite imagery (not archived in DataZoo)
		Meterological data (see /NDBC)
		XBT (not archived in DataZoo)


The Central California Coastal Circulation Study (CCCCS) was an 18-month field
program designed to study the variability of water mass characteristics and
velocity field on the continental shelf and upper continental slope from Point
Conception to San Francisco.  This study was funded by the U.S. Department of 
Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) as part of an overall assessment
of the impact of development of oil and gas resources on the ecosystem of the
California Current System.  The purpose of CCCCS was to collect a set of
measurements capable of resolving finer spatial scales and shorter temporal
scales than can be studied from the relatively coarse 65 km grid spacing that
has been used in the past. (taken from D.B. Chelton, Oregon State University)