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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-077-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Neil Kamal Ganju

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy and recover ADCP and CTD at Mass. Maritime Academy, on TS KENNEDY.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: MMA dock, Buzzards Bay, MA

End Port/Location: MMA dock, Buzzards Bay, MA

Start Date: 2009-11-06

End Date: 2009-12-17

Equipment Used: Digital camera, Current, Temperature and salinity

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed ADCP and CTD, collected field notes on conditions. Recovered ADCP and CTD.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Jonathan Borden, Michael Casso, Patrick Dickhudt, Neil Kamal Ganju, Marinna Martini, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Project = National Community Sediment Transport: Pilot Model Applications, National Community Sediment Transport: Pilot Model Applications

Location:

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

Boundaries
North: 41.73856 South: 41.73712 West: -70.6263 East: -70.62381

Platform(s):

photo of Dock
Dock

Publications

Ganju, N.K., Dickhudt, P.J., Thomas, J.A., Borden, J., Sherwood, C.R., Montgomery, E.T., Twomey, E.R., and Martini, M.A., 2011, Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in West Falmouth Harbor and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 2009-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1113, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111113.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital camera --- Photo
2009-077-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field diving operations)
Current --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
2009-077-FA-OM-001 (Zipped folder of side-looking ADCP data)
Temperature and salinity --- CTD
Temperature
2009-077-FA-NL-001 (Field notes re: deployment conditions.)

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