Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems (LQ00G3S)
Principal Investigator(s): Neil Kamal Ganju
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Neil Kamal Ganju
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Methane, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy ADCP at channel entrance and perform tidal-cycle studies to estimate fluxes of water and nutrients.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: West Falmouth Harbor, MA
End Port/Location: West Falmouth Harbor, MA
Start Date: 2009-08-04
End Date: 2009-08-04
Equipment Used: Current, Gas sampler, GPS - Handheld, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: time series data
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed instrument (8/4/09), checked instrument battery and mount (8/6/09).
Staff: Jonathan Borden, Neil Kamal Ganju, Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Neil Ganju: hydrodynamic measurements, modeling; Chris Sherwood: hydrodynamic measurements, modeling; Jon Borden: deployment of acoustics; Sandy Baldwin: deployment of acoustics.
Project = National Community Sediment Transport: Pilot Model Applications, National Community Sediment Transport: Pilot Model Applications
Location:
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.60832 | South: 41.5985 | West: -70.6489 | East: -70.63754 |
Platform(s):
 Dock |
Ganju, N.K., Dickhudt, P.J., Thomas, J.A., Borden, J., Sherwood, C.R., Montgomery, E.T., Twomey, E.R., and Martini, M.A., 2011, Summary of oceanographic and water-quality measurements in West Falmouth Harbor and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 2009-2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1113, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111113.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| Gas sampler | --- | Dissolved Oxygen Gas Hydrates Methane | |
| GPS - Handheld | --- | Navigation | |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | data from 2009-060-FA (All data from West Falmouth Harbor studies in summer 2009, 2010, 2012) |
