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Field Activity Details for field activity 1990-050-FA

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Other ID: 90-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): William J. Strahle

Affiliate Investigator(s): Marlene Noble - USGS PMG-Menlo Park

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Exchange moorings.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 1990-12-12

End Date: 1990-12-12

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#365, recovered FA 91006 TOMMY MUNRO Feb. 22, 1991) . Mooring recovered: 1 (#350, deployed FA 90024 AE VERRILL Jul. 26 and 28, 1990).

Staff: William J. Strahle

Affiliate Staff:
W. Schroeder - Dauphin Island Sea Lab
deckhand; A. Gunter - Dauphin Island Sea Lab
deckhand

Notes: Original Center People field contained: William Strahle - deckhand.
Project = AL-MS Circulation (Gelfenbaum - St. Pete), AL-MS Circulation (Gelfenbaum - St. Pete)

Location:

Site A, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30 South: 29.95 West: -88.2 East: -88.1

Platform(s):

photo of Tommy Munro
Tommy Munro

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

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

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
1990-050-FA-OM-001 (mooring data)

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