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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-041-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Barrier Evolution (MN00F1F)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Melanie Hayn , MBL/Cornell

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Sherwood

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover 2 tide gauges, 1094 & 1095

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2017-06-05

End Date: 2017-06-05

Equipment Used: Real Time Kinematic GPS, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: water surface elevations

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Recovered the pressure loggers at the Associates and West Falmouth Docks.

Staff: Eric Marsjanik, Marinna Martini

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-018-FA

Location:

West Falmouth Harbor, Massachusetts,United States

Boundaries
North: 41.61076464 South: 41.5974726 West: -70.6555 East: -70.63402176

Platform(s):

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on foot

Publications

Montgomery, E.T., Sherwood, C.R., Brosnahan, S.M and Suttles, S.E., 2017, Water level measurements collected in West Falmouth Harbor, MA, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7K936D0.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Real Time Kinematic GPS --- Navigation
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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