Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John Moody
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy a modified bottom tripod off Naushon Island, Buzzards Bay.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1984-08-21
End Date: 1984-08-21
Equipment Used: Bottom platform, Camera- deep sea, Loran-C
Information to be Derived: Time series data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mooring deployed: 1 (#285, recovered FA 84020 ASTERIAS Oct. 22, 1984).
Staff: John Larson, John Moody, Joseph S. Newell, William J. Strahle
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
off Naushon Island, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.54793009 | South: 41.51069125 | West: -70.80246935 | East: -70.75827739 |
Platform(s):
 Asterias |
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 report including personnel, equipment, narrative, and trackmap with mooring location. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1984-013-FA-OM-001 (Buzzards Bay mooring data) |
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1984-013-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 285; 19840821-19841022) |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation |
