PRE CRUISE INFORMATION


CRUISE SERIAL NUMBER:

98013

Ship:

Alpha & Omega II

Center Principal and Affiliate Principal(if any):

William Schwab

Area of Operations:

New York Bight Apex

Bounding Coordinates

North:

40d40'N

South:

40d20'N

West:

74d6'W

East:

73d6'W

Start and End Dates:

September 10 - September 23, 1998

 

Start and End Ports:

Start: Woods Hole, MA  End: Tom's River, NJ

 

Number of Days at Sea:

13

 

Cruise Objectives:

High-resolution, geophysical sea-floor mapping (sidescan-sonar, subbottom, bathy). The cruise will be immediately followed by a sampling leg (98020).

 

Scientific Party(USGS):

William Schwab, Tom O'Brien, Dave Foster, Bill Danforth, Jane Denny, Dave Nichols, Barry Irwin

 

Scientific Party(affiliate):

 

 

Scientific Equipment:

SIS-1000, 40 cubic inch water gun seismic-reflection system, Foruno dual-frequency subbottom profiler, Digital data acquisition

 

Cruise Funding Source:

EEZ Mapping NY-NJ

Remarks:

Report Date: 17:23 8/18/1998
Submitted by: Bill Schwab


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