Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy 2 tripods (Sue #113, Debbie #114) to study sediment transport, and relight surface buoys.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1976-06-14
End Date: 1976-06-17
Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed tripods: 2 (#113 SUE and #114 DEBBIE, both recovered FA 76024 ATLANTIC TWIN July 7-14, 1976).
Staff: Bradford Butman, Peter Johnson
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Middle Atlantic Bight, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.45481068 | South: 38.47867796 | West: -73.56140432 | East: -72.97426677 |
Platform(s):
 Whitefoot |
Butman, B., Noble, M., Folger, D.W., 1979, Long-term observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement on the mid-Atlantic continental shelf: Journal of Geophysical Research, JGR, v. 84 no. C3, pp. 1187–1205, doi: 10.1029/JC084iC03p01187.
Moody, J.A., and Butman, B., 1980, Semidiurnal bottom pressure and tidal currents on Georges Bank and in the Mid-Atlantic Bight: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1137, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr801137.
Moody, J.A., Butman, B., Beardsley, R.C., Brown, W.S., Daifuku, P., Irish, J.D., Mayer, D.A., Mofjeld, H.O., Petrie, B., Ramp, S., Smith, P., and Wright, W.R., 1984, Atlas of tidal elevation and current observations on the Northeast American continental shelf and slope: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1611, https://doi.org/10.3133/b1611.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise summary of ship movement, personnel, and equipment and data acquisition notes. Includes map of mooring locations. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1976-019-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 114; 19760616-19760410) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1976-019-FA-OM-001 (MAB mooring data) |
