USGS - science for a changing world

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 1999-062-FA

View new CMGDS report form

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Borden

Affiliate Investigator(s): Dan Frye - WHOI

Information Specialist(s): PARTNER

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy Micropod with NOPP instrumentation.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Scituate, MA

End Port/Location: Scituate, MA

Start Date: 1999-10-15

End Date: 1999-10-15

Equipment Used: ADCP, DGPS, Micropod

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jonathan Borden

Affiliate Staff:
Dan Frye
Jonathan Ware
Greg Packard - WHOI et al.

Notes: STRAIN's participation was to provide the Micropod as a platform for WHOI/NOPP instrumentation and deployment capabilities. Data Curator: WHOI.
Project = NOPP, NOPP

Location:

Scituate, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.32989 South: 42.17562 West: -70.7454 East: -70.58441

Platform(s):

photo of Christopher Andrew
Christopher Andrew

Publications

Bothner, M.H., and Butman, Bradford (eds.), 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean—Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1302.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
ADCP --- Current
DGPS --- Navigation
Micropod --- Current

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Questions or Comments? Contact CMGDS Team
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov