Other ID: W25-97
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Boston, MA
End Port/Location: Boston, MA
Start Date: 1997-09-23
End Date: 1997-09-24
Equipment Used: Van Veen grab sampler, Osprey camera system, Sediment traps, Slow corer, Camera- deep sea, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Moorings recovered: 2 (#501 and 502, both deployed FA 97016 WHITE HEATH Jun. 10, 1997). Moorings deployed: 2 (#507 and 508, both recovered FA 98011 WHITE HEATH Feb. 10, 1998).
Staff: Michael Bothner, Peter W. Gill, Marinna Martini, Shannon McDaniel, Andrew McIntire, Richard Rendigs, Brenton B. Taylor
Affiliate Staff:
Fred Sayles
Joanne Goudreau - WHOI; Ken Keay - MWRA; Dave Fitzpatrick - McLane Associates
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, Peter Gill, Marinna Martini, Shannon McDaniel, Andrew McIntire, Richard Rendigs, Brendt Taylor, and alternate.
Location:
Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.4 | South: 42.15 | West: -70.85 | East: -70.5 |
Platform(s):
 White Heath |
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.
Butman, B., Alexander, P.S., and Bothner, M.H., 2004, Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay—June 1997 to June 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 87, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds87.
Butman, B., Bothner, M.H., Alexander, P.S., Lightsom, F.L., Martini, M.A., Gutierrez, B.T., and Strahle, W.S., 2004, Long-term oceanographic observations in western Massachusetts Bay offshore of Boston, Massachusetts; data report for 1989-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-74, Version 2.0, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ds74_v2.
Butman, B., Dalyander, P.S., Bothner, M.H., Borden, J., Casso, M.A., Gutierrez, B.T., Hastings, M.E., Lightsom, F.L., Martini, M.A., Montgomery, E.T., Rendigs, R.R., and Strahle, W.S., 2009, Long-term oceanographic observations in Massachusetts Bay, 1989 - 2006 (version 3): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 74, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds74.
Butman, B., Dalyander, P.S., Bothner, M.H., and Lange, W.N., 2008, Time-series photographs of the sea floor in western Massachusetts Bay, 1996 - 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 266, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds266.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | |
| Osprey camera system | --- | Photo Video | |
| Sediment traps | --- | Geology | |
| Slow corer | --- | Geology | |
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1997-017-FA-NL-001 (DVD ROM disk of MASS BAY BOTHNER NOTEBOOKS, TRIPOD 507 BOSTON 1-200, TRIPOD 507 BOSTON 201-300, ) 1997-017-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 507; 19970923-19980210) 1997-017-FA-PH-002 (DVD ROM disk of MASS BAY BOTHNER NOTEBOOKS, TRIPOD 507 BOSTON 1-200, TRIPOD 507 BOSTON 201-300, ) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1997-017-FA-OM-002 (Western Mass Bay mooring data) 1997-017-FA-OM-001 (DVD ROM disk of MASS BAY BOTHNER NOTEBOOKS, TRIPOD 507 BOSTON 1-200, TRIPOD 507 BOSTON 201-300, ) |
