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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-047-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): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): James Spilsbury, Woods Hole Group

Information Specialist(s): Ellyn Montgomery

Data Type(s): Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: recover USGS waverider buoy, set Woods Hole Group waverider buoy

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2017-10-05

End Date: 2017-10-05

Equipment Used: Sensors - other mooring

Information to be Derived: From buoy, time series of wave statistics

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The buoys were successfully exchanged, and original mooring recovered.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Michael Casso, Eric Marsjanik, Marinna Martini

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Data from this buoy is telemetered and managed by CDIP. It is available at http://cdip.ucsd.edu/?ximg=search&xsearch=221&xsearch_type=Station_ID

Woods Hole Group will be deploying their waver rider to replace our buoy, we are going along to help.
The ship will be the R/V Jamie Hanna.

Location:

Cape Cod Bay

Boundaries
North: 41.90266033 South: 41.76083581 West: -70.5144 East: -70.18078952

Platform(s):

photo of Jamie Hanna
Jamie Hanna

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sensors - other mooring --- CTD
Meteorology
Temperature
Mooring (physical oceanography)

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