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): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To recover three surface buoys with current meters at three location in Massachusetts Bay. The instruments were deployed as part of a study of currents and sediment transport in western Massachusetts Bay, and were deployed in February on the R/V OCEANUS.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Boston, MA
End Port/Location: Boston, MA
Start Date: 1987-05-12
End Date: 1987-05-12
Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Loran-C, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The buoys and current meter moorings were recovered without incident. The instruments were unfouled. The Coast Guard buoy tender was extremely efficient at recovery. Surface salinity samples: 16. Moorings recovered: 3 (#320, 321 and 322, deployed FA 87005 OCEANUS Feb. 7, 1987).
Staff: Bradford Butman, John Larson
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.4 | South: 42.31667 | West: -71 | East: -70.65 |
Platform(s):
White Heath |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including purpose, personnel, summary, daily narrative, tabulated information, and a trackmap. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | |
Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) |