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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-063-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Marinna Martini

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Sherwood

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy two tripods; CTD casts.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2009-08-13

End Date: 2009-08-13

Equipment Used: Digital camera, Grab sampler, Current, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed tripods 859 and 860, took samples at the tripod sites, and took 16 CTD casts.

Staff: Jonathan Borden, Neil Kamal Ganju, Marinna Martini, Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Staff:
Jordan Landers (WHOI Summer Fellow);

Notes: Project = Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory - Measurements and Modeling Applications, Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory - Measurements and Modeling Applications

Location:

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.69753 South: 41.52914 West: -70.8508 East: -70.65445

Platform(s):

photo of Tioga
Tioga

Publications

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital camera --- Photo
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
2009-063-FA-SC-001 (Sediment grab samples from mooring sites.)
Current --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl --- CTD
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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