Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Raymond E. Davis
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Specify and confirm that bottom currents were in fact causing the high noise levels seen in earlier tests and could be ascribed to either eddying effects or actual rocking of the equipment.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1979-05-16
End Date: 1979-05-16
Equipment Used: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Raytheon radar
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Data playback confirmed OBIP movement due to local current effects.
Staff: Raymond E. Davis
Affiliate Staff:
Hovey Clifford
WHOI; Tom Stetson
WHOI; Bob Hampton
WHOI; Brud Laine
WHOI
Notes:
Location:
Vineyard Sound, Elizabeth Islands, Nonamesset Island to Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon Island, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.485 | South: 41.33333 | West: -70.6833 | East: -70.5 |
Platform(s):
Ciona |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist’s report with a description of the cruise (when, where, vessel), personnel listing, equipment, data acquired, and comments. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Bottom Seismometer | --- | Ocean Bottom Seismometer | |
| Raytheon radar | --- | Navigation |
