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Field Activity Details for field activity 1991-014-FA

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Other ID: 91-1

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; Al Gunther - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy surface buoy, BASS bottom tripod #382 in lower Mobile Bay, Alabama.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Dauphin Island, AL

End Port/Location: Dauphin Island, AL

Start Date: 1991-05-15

End Date: 1991-05-15

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#382, recovered FA 91024 A.E. VERRILL Aug. 1-2, 1991).

Staff: Marinna Martini, William J. Strahle

Affiliate Staff:
Marlene Noble - USGS-Menlo Park

Notes: Project = AL-MS Circulation (Gelfenbaum - St. Pete), AL-MS Circulation (Gelfenbaum - St. Pete)

Location:

Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.3 South: 30.25 West: -88 East: -87.95

Platform(s):

photo of Verrill, A. E.
Verrill, A. E.

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, equipment, tabulated information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
1991-014-FA-OM-001 (mooring data)

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