Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy tripod (mooring #263) in Buzzards Bay near Cleveland Ledge to assess near-bottom current and sediment movement.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1982-07-05
End Date: 1982-07-05
Equipment Used: ROV, Camera- deep sea, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#263, recovered FA 82044 WHITEFOOT Aug. 20, 1982).
Staff: Bradford Butman, William J. Strahle
Affiliate Staff:
Cheryl Ann Hannon - WHOI
Notes:
Location:
Cleveland Ledge, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.65777979 | South: 41.6 | West: -70.70277909 | East: -70.65 |
Platform(s):
 Whitefoot |
Butman, B., Signell, R., Shoukimas, P., and Beardsley, R.C., 1988, Current observations in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 1982-1986; data report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-5, 211 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr885.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel and short narrative. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROV | --- | Photo Video Biology Geology | |
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1982-019-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 263; 19820705-19820820) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1982-019-FA-OM-001 (Buzzards Bay mooring data) |
