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Field Activity Details for field activity 2007-009-FA

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Other ID: EN 428

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): E. Robert Thieler

Affiliate Investigator(s): George Voulgaris, Univ. of S. Carolina

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Visual Identification: Ground Truthing, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy 2 surface moorings and 2 bottom tripods.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Charleston, SC

End Port/Location: Charleston, SC

Start Date: 2007-01-30

End Date: 2007-02-02

Equipment Used: Mooring tripod, DGPS, Temperature and salinity

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Success. Moorings deployed: 2 (?); Tripods deployed: 2 (?); Buoys deployed: 2 (#833, 834).

Staff: Robert Barton, Jonathan Borden

Affiliate Staff:
Dr. George Voulgaris
USC
Chief Scientist

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden, Mooring Technician and Driver; Bob Barton, Warehouse.
Project = North Carolina regional coastal erosion studies, North Carolina regional coastal erosion studies

Location:

Onslow Bay, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Boundaries
North: 34.26667 South: 34.13333 West: -76.3 East: -76.15

Platform(s):

photo of Endeavor
Endeavor

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Mooring tripod --- Ground Truthing
DGPS --- Navigation
Temperature and salinity --- CTD
Temperature

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