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Field Activity Details for field activity 1989-031-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): William J. Strahle

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover 2 VACM current meter moorings, 1 GEOPROBE, and three surface markers.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Sausalito, CA

End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 1989-10-13

End Date: 1989-10-14

Equipment Used: Loran-C, GEOPROBE

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Recovered moorings: 2 (#334 and 335, deployed FA 89009 FARNELLA May 4-15, 1989).

Staff: William J. Strahle

Affiliate Staff:
David Drake (PMG)
JoAnn Thede (PMG)
John Erikson (PMG)

Notes: Project = Farallon Islands, Farallon Islands

Location:

Farallon Islands, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Boundaries
North: 37.78886522 South: 37.68110281 West: -122.9428893 East: -122.79015843

Platform(s):

photo of Glorita
Glorita

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Technician's cruise report including personnel, objective, equipment, and tabulated information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
GEOPROBE --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
1989-031-FA-OM-001 (Farallones mooring data)

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