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Across the Channel Investigating Diel Dynamics project

Published by NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC;NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/SeaBASS | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: February 21, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-02-17
The ACIDD (Across the Channel Investigating Diel Dynamics) project, in the Santa Barbara Channel, was initially designed to characterize daily variations in phytoplankton populations, but with the Thomas Fire in the Santa Barbara Hills December 2017, this project evolved into a study to characterize the effects of smoke and ash on the mixed layer in the Santa Barbara Channel.

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