Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Barrier Evolution (MN00F1F)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Ellyn Montgomery
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy bottom platform
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
End Port/Location: Sandwich, MA
Start Date: 2016-02-10
End Date: 2016-05-20
Equipment Used: Bottom platform, DGPS, Sample containers
Information to be Derived: wave heights, tidal elevations
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: oceanographic observations collected to quantify nearshore currents, waves, pressure temperature
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Jonathan Borden, Nicholas Dicosmo, Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Mooring #1063 will be set.
Location:
Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.78503467 | South: 41.73478262 | West: -70.4908 | East: -70.42205817 |
Platform(s):
 Jamie Hanna |
Sherwood, C.R., Montgomery, E.T., Suttles, S.E. and Brosnahan, S.M., 2016, Oceanographic, Atmospheric and Water-Quality Measurements Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Massachusetts, 2016, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7N58JHM.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1063 (Platform containing multiple oceanographic sensors ) |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Sample containers | --- | Biology Geology |
