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Field Activity Details for field activity 2004-061-FA

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Other ID: Y-2-04-SC

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Marinna Martini

Affiliate Investigator(s): Joanne Ferreira, USGS-Menlo Park

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy mooring #761 at site B6.5 Palos Verdes Shelf.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Palos Verdes, CA

End Port/Location: Palos Verdes, CA

Start Date: 2004-02-25

End Date: 2004-02-25

Equipment Used: Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#761 recovered FA 04060 SEA WATCH Apr. 6, 2004).

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Menlo Park: Joanne Ferreira
Ch. Sci.; Harold Williams

Notes: This is a Menlo Park cruise with no WHSC personnel aboard.
Project = EPA Palos Verdes Shelf, EPA Palos Verdes Shelf

Location:

Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Boundaries
North: 33.68149668 South: 33.66719523 West: -118.3031728 East: -118.28693334

Platform(s):

photo of Yellowfin
Yellowfin

Publications

Wiberg, P.L., and Sherwood, Christopher R., 2008, Calculating wave-generated bottom orbital velocities from surface-wave parameters: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34 no. 10, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.010.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
2004-061-FA-OM-001 (mooring data)

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