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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-371-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Tampa Bay Estuary Program - TBEP (GR.23.MN00.TN166.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Kimberly Yates

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Moore

Data Type(s): Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitoring and assessment of an autonomous carbonate system deployed 60 miles offshore of Tampa Bay, FL. The Ocean Carbon System (OCS) site will be visited routinely, approximately monthly, for equipment maintenance/service or more frequently should instrumentation troubleshooting be required.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, Florida

Start Date: 2019-12-04

End Date: 2019-12-06

Equipment Used:

Information to be Derived: Instrument functionality and accuracy.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Visited site. See physical log for OCSV3.

Staff: Mitchell Lemon

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: OCS version 3. This FAN will also be used for subsequent site visits.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-308-FA

Location:

Gulf of Mexico

Boundaries
North: 28.76765911 South: 22.59372606 West: -85.78125 East: -80.68359375

Platform(s):

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Sallenger

Publications

Yates, K.K., Moore, C.S., Goldstein, N.H., Sherwood, E.T., 2019, Tampa Bay Ocean and Coastal Acidification Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1003, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191003.

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