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Field Activity Details for field activity 2010-055-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Sherwood

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Visual Identification: Ground Truthing

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Set tripods.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

End Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

Start Date: 2010-07-09

End Date: 2010-07-12

Equipment Used: DGPS, Grab sampler, GPS (wh), Bottom platform, Mooring tripod, Turbidity, Current, Sensor - wave

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 4 tripods deployed.

Staff: Jonathan Borden, Marinna Martini

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Set 4 ADCP tripods around the Chandeleur Islands; these will be mooring numbers 889, 890, 891, and 892.

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.08098 South: 29.60451 West: -89.0771 East: -88.71735

Platform(s):

photo of Acadiana
Acadiana

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DGPS --- Navigation
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Data from 2010-055-FA (All data from Chandeleur Islands collected in 2010, after the New Horizon Oil spill)
Mooring tripod --- Ground Truthing
Turbidity --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Current --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Sensor - wave --- Wave

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