Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John Moody
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover tripod #302, deployed at 41.32 N and 70.48.16 W during Field Activity 85026.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1985-11-04
End Date: 1985-12-05
Equipment Used: Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: LEG 1: 11/04/1985 - Arrive at BBC mooring site with divers. Unable to find tripod after several attempts. LEG 2: 12/05/1985 - Search with divers using sidescan in 37 m radius. Tripod #302 found and recovered (deployed FA 85026 ASTERIAS Aug. 7-14, 1985).
Staff: Bradford Butman, John Larson, John Moody, Kenneth F. Parolski, William J. Strahle
Affiliate Staff:
WHOI: Val Wilson
Terry Rioux - Leg 1
Ernie Charnette - Leg 1
Cheryl Ann Butman - Leg 2
Charlotte Fuller - Leg 2
Notes: Cruise included two legs: LEG 1, Nov. 4, 1985, and LEG 2, Dec. 5, 1985. Original Center People field contained: John Moody; William Strahle; John Larson; Brad Butman (Leg 2); Kenneth Parolski (Leg 2).
Location:
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.55991942 | South: 41.51034834 | West: -70.82856853 | East: -70.75875965 |
Platform(s):
 Asterias |
Butman, B., Signell, R., Shoukimas, P., and Beardsley, R.C., 1988, Current observations in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 1982-1986; data report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-5, 211 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr885.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, daily narrative, tabulated information include sidescan survey and trackmap with tripod location. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1985-038-FA-OM-001 (Buzzards Bay Mooring data) |
