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Field Activity Details for field activity 2000-013-FA

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Other ID: IB E-13-00-NB

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Information Specialist(s): Bradford Butman

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Visual Identification: Species ID

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover moorings in New York Bight, conduct CTD observations, conduct bottom video observations, and collect grab samples.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Narragansett, RI

End Port/Location: Narragansett, RI

Start Date: 2000-04-14

End Date: 2000-04-18

Equipment Used: GPS (wh), SeaBOSS, Digital camera, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Tripods recovered: 5 (#595, 599, 601, 603 and 604, all deployed FA 99006 OCEANUS OC354 Dec. 3-7, 1999). Tripod not recovered: 1 (#597, recovered later during FA 00054 CONNECTICUT Jun. 27-28, 2000). Surface moorings recovered: 5 (#594, 596, 598, 600 and 602, all deployed FA 99006 OCEANUS OC354 Dec. 3-7, 1999). 9 CTD stations completed; 35 SEABOSS stations completed.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Jonathan Borden, Bradford Butman, Jessica M. Cote, Erin Galvin, Ben Gutierrez, Courtney Harris, Marinna Martini, Richard Rendigs, Sunita Shah, David Walsh, Marilyn ten Brink

Affiliate Staff:
Joanne Ferreira; Peter Traykovski (WHOI)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman, Dann Blackwood, Jonathan Borden, Jessica Cote, Erin Galvin, Benjamin Gutierrez, Courtney Harris, Marinna Martini, Richard Rendigs, Sunita Shah, Marilyn ten Brink, Joanne Ferreira, and David Walsh.
Project = Pollutant Transp and Accumulation in the New York Bight, Pollutant Transp and Accumulation in the New York Bight

Location:

New York Bight, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 40.5 South: 39.75 West: -73.93 East: -72.9

Platform(s):

photo of Endeavor
Endeavor

Publications

Butman, B., Alexander, P.S., Harris, C.K., Traykovski, P.A., ten Brink, M.B., Lightsom, F.S., and Martini, M.A., 2003, Oceanographic observations in the Hudson Shelf Valley, December 1999 - April 2000—Data report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-217, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr02217.

Butman, B., Gutierrez, B.T., Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., Schwab, W.C., Blackwood, D.S., Mecray, E.L., and Middleton, T.J., 2003, Photographs of the sea floor offshore of New York and New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-470, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr2001470.

Harris, C.K., Butman, Bradford, and Traykovski, Peter, 2003, Winter-time circulation and sediment transport in the Hudson Shelf Valley: Continental Shelf Research, v. 23 no. 8, doi: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00025-6.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Navigation log GPS (wh) GPS navigation printout containing five-minute fixes with some handwritten annotation.
CTD log (document not focused on specific equipment) CTD station log including position, sea state, depth, and pressure.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
2000-013-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of DECK CORE,GRAB SHOTS, BOTTOM PHOTO NY BIGHT *, BOTTOM PHOTO NY BIGHT *, BOTTOM PHOTO NY BIGHT *, )
2000-013-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples)
Digital camera --- Photo
2000-013-FA-PH-002 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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