Other ID: Decca Profiler 1; CORPUS 46
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Gerald L. Shideler
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain quasi-synoptic information on the suspended-sediment transport system within the South Texas OCS. Specific objectives were: to obtain samples of the water column for analyses of sediment texture and concentrations, sediment mineralogy and trace metals, water chemistry, and coccoliths to establish temporal variability patterns; to obtain vertical transmittance-temperature profiles to establish regional turbidity patterns; and to cast drift bottles to measure surface currents during the cruise period.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX
End Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX
Start Date: 1977-03-17
End Date: 1977-03-21
Equipment Used: Martek Transmissometer, Raytheon radar, Loran-A
Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This cruise was the fifth of six scheduled cruises designed to evaluate the temporal variability of suspended-sediment transport patterns within the South Texas OCS region. The remaining cruise is scheduled for May 1977. Vertical transmittance-temperature profiles: 26; Water column samples (surface, mid, bottom): 78 samples at 26 stations; Drift bottles: 312 casts.
Staff: Kenneth Roberts, Gerald L. Shideler, Cynthia Rice, Ronald J. Miller, Neal Lillard, Frances Firek, Charles Stelting, Stanley Lindquist, Ronald C. Circe
Affiliate Staff:
William Allshouse
Pat Nichols
Notes: Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Gerald Shideler - Ch. Sci., Ronald Miller, Kenneth Roberts, Fran Firek, Charles Stelting, Cyndi Rice, William Allshouse, Stan Linquist, Ronald Circe, Jack Kindinger, Pat Dave Nichols, Neal Lillard.
Project = South Texas Outer Continental Shelf (STOCS), South Texas Outer Continental Shelf (STOCS)
Location:
south Texas outer continental shelf, Matagorda Bay, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 28.5 | South: 26 | West: -97.3 | East: -95.9 |
Platform(s):
Decca Profiler |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report, equipment and data acquisition notes, and trackmap. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Martek Transmissometer | --- | Temperature Turbidity | |
Raytheon radar | --- | Navigation | |
Loran-A | --- | Navigation |