Other ID: 91-2
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman
Affiliate Investigator(s): James Irish - UNH
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover surface moorings, guard buoys and bottom tripod systems at 8 locations in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. The moored array is part of a study of coastal circulation and sediment transport conducted by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of New Hampshire, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Portsmouth, NH
End Port/Location: Boston, MA
Start Date: 1991-06-16
End Date: 1991-06-19
Equipment Used: Current, Loran-C
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Moorings recovered: 4 (#370, 371 and 372 deployed FA 91003 OCEANUS 234, Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 1991; #373 deployed FA 91004 ARGO MAINE, Feb. 7, 1991).
Staff: Bradford Butman, Marinna Martini, William J. Strahle, Carol M. Parmenter
Affiliate Staff:
James Irish (UNH)
Woody Lee (UNH)
John Wallinga (UNH)
Matthew Gould (WHOI)
Craig Marquette (WHOI)
Notes: Pre-field activity and mooring log provided information.
Location:
Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Basin, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.7 | South: 41.85 | West: -70.95 | East: -70.15 |
Platform(s):
 Argo Maine |
Bothner, M.H., and Butman, Bradford (eds.), 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean—Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1302.
Hotchkiss, F.S., and Signell, R.P., 1991, Average near-bottom currents in Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay measured with Woodhead drifters; progress report for drifters released Sept. 1990 through May 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File-Report 91-361, 14 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr91361.
Warner, J.C., Butman, B., and Dalyander, P. S., 2008, Storm-driven sediment transport in Massachusetts Bay: Continental Shelf Research, v. 28 no. 2, doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.08.008.
Warner, J.C., Sherwood, Christopher R., Signell, Richard P., Harris, Courtney K., and Arango, Hernan G., 2008, Development of a three-dimensional, regional, coupled wave, current, and sediment-transport model: Computers and Geosciences, v. 34 no. 10, doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.012.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1991-017-FA-OM-001 (Mass Bay Circulation mooring data) |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation |
