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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-058-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Other

Funding Program(s): Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements (LQ00DYN)

Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Neal Pettigrew, University of Maine; John Wallinga, University of Maine

Information Specialist(s): Bradford Butman, Ellyn Montgomery

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover and redeploy SEACATS and transmissometers at University of Maine Ocean Observing System (UMOOS) Site A and Site M. Site A - recover mooring 1044; Site A - deploy mooring 1055; Site M - deploy mooring 1056. Clean transmissometers at sites B (mooring 1045) and I (mooring 1047)

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Groton, CT

End Port/Location: Groton, CT

Start Date: 2015-10-25

End Date: 2015-11-04

Equipment Used: GPS (wh), Other

Information to be Derived: Temperature, salinity, light transmission

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This was a cruise to service and deploy USGS near-bottom instruments on University of Maine moorings in the Gulf of Maine. One mooring was recovered and redeployed with new instruments (Site A, new mooring number); one recovered, cleaned, and redeployed with same instruments (Site I, same mooring number); one deployed with new instruments (Site M, new mooring number).

Staff: Jonathan Borden

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: UMOOS subsurface mooring

Location:

Gulf of Maine

Boundaries
North: 43.60041624 South: 42.44119437 West: -70.8234 East: -67.48348563

Platform(s):

photo of Connecticut
Connecticut

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Other --- --- ---

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