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Field Activity Details for field activity 1981-014-FA

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Other ID: 81-G-9

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Robert F. Bowles

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: LORAN-C navigation test. Ancillary project included gravity work.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1981-05-25

End Date: 1981-05-31

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Gravity meter (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Robert F. Bowles, James E. Dodd, Barry Irwin

Affiliate Staff:
Robert Douthart
Electronics Technician; Wayne Hoover
Math Specialist; James McCullough
Research Specalist
WHOI; Andrew Eliason
Nav. Spec.
Private Consultant; Jack Ligon
R&D Engineer
U.S. Coast Guard; Ken Chapman
Engineer
Internav Inc.

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Robert Bowles, Project Chief; Barry Irwin, Geophysicist; James Dodd, Electrical Engineer; Robert Douthart, Electronics Technician; Wayne Hoover, Math Specialist.
Project = LORAN-C Navigation Test; Gravity Survey, LORAN-C Navigation Test; Gravity Survey

Location:

Tampa, Florida, Florida Keys, U.S. East Coast, Massachusetts, Booth Bay, Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 43 South: 25 West: -83 East: -68

Platform(s):

photo of Gyre
Gyre

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief UNOLS cruise report including personnel and area of operation.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
1981-014-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, NV,GR, )
Gravity meter (wh) --- Gravity
1981-014-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, NV,GR, )

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