Other ID: OC 4
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman
Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert C. Beardsley - WHOI
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover WHOI engineering mooring. Conduct PGR survey around moorings in NSF array. Test Plessey CTD and XCTDs. Collect XBT and CTD data around moorings.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1976-04-15
End Date: 1976-04-18
Equipment Used: Echosounder, Plessey CTD, XCTD, XBT
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Recovered WHOI engineering mooring. PGR data: 926 km; XBTs: 31; CTDs: 13; XCTDs: 5.
Staff: Bradford Butman, Marlene Noble
Affiliate Staff:
Andrew Eliason
Robert C. Beardsley - WHOI
John Vermersch - WHOI
George Tupper - WHOI Buoy Group
Peter Clay - WHOI Buoy Group
Notes:
Project = Physical Oceanography of the outer Mid-Atlantic Bight, Physical Oceanography of the outer Mid-Atlantic Bight
Location:
Middle Atlantic Bight, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.5 | South: 39.25 | West: -72 | East: -69 |
Platform(s):
 Oceanus |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes and cruise track map. |
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | WHOI cruise report including objectives, personnel, track map, and schematic of mooring. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
| Plessey CTD | --- | CTD | |
| XCTD | --- | CTD | |
| XBT | --- | Temperature |
