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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-020-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Massachusetts Integrated Coastal Studies (LQ00M0Z)

Principal Investigator(s): John Warner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Steven Suttles

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recovery of instruments to collect data to assess cross-shore sediment transport prediction techniques being implemented in coastal modeling efforts for wave dominated sandy coast. Measurements will focus on waves, wave induced water velocities near the seabed, and the response of the seabed to these forces.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: WHOI Dock, Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: WHOI Dock, Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2021-04-07

End Date: 2021-04-09

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: waves, currents, water level, seabed images (sonar), seabed changes, suspended sediment, water temperature, conductivity, grain size of bottom sediment.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Robert Bales, Tarandeep Kalra, Alexander Olson, Steven Suttles

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Recovery cruise for instruments deployed on 3/10/2021.

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-018-FA

Location:

Sandy Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 41.7891 South: 41.7112 West: -70.3665 East: -70.2557

Platform(s):

photo of Tioga
Tioga

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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