Other ID: HR Towers and Wells 2023
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Biogeochemistry, groundwater monitoring, and environmental assessment (LQ000I4)
Principal Investigator(s): Meagan Eagle, Kevin Kroeger
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Adrian Mann, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles, Meagan Eagle, Thomas Brooks
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Transects, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Geochemical: Experiments (geochemical), Time Series: Geochemical Monitoring, Environmental Data: CO2, Environmental Data: Methane, Sampling: Chemistry
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data, and pore-water collection for chemistry analysis in estuaries across Cape Cod, MA to examine environmental geochemistry and the impact of impoundments and restoration of salt marsh environments.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2023-01-01
End Date: 2023-12-31
Equipment Used: Modified piston corer for sediment collection, Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump, LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer, RTK, Onset HOBO Temperature Logger, Onset HOBO Weather Station, InSitu BaroTroll 500, Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower, In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD), Push Point porewater samplers, Groundwater wells (PVC)
Information to be Derived: Time-series sensor data including eddy co-variance flux tower measurements of methane and carbon dioxide; meteorological measurements; soil temperature; groundwater well CTD measurements.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Surface water, porewater, and sediment core collections are completed. Samples are stored in WHSC walk-in freezers and refrigerators or distributed to external laboratories for analysis. Gas flux and CTD measurements are completed. Raw data files and field notes are stored in WHSC network folders.
Staff: Emily Tacke, Sophie Kuhl, Sydney Nick, Adrian Mann, Jennifer O'keefe Suttles, Thomas Brooks
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-018-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-019-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-026-FA.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-011-FA.
Location:
Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.10229819 | South: 41.84501267 | West: -70.31799316 | East: -69.91149902 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified piston corer for sediment collection | --- | Sediment Properties | |
| Masterflex Portable Peristaltic Pump | No data associated with this equipment. Data is generated by the sample vials filled with the pump. | Chemistry | No data was collected |
| LI-COR 7810 CH4 CO2 analyzer | --- | Experiments (geochemical) | |
| RTK | --- | Transects Benchmarks | |
| Onset HOBO Temperature Logger | --- | Experiments (geochemical) Geochemical Monitoring | |
| Onset HOBO Weather Station | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| InSitu BaroTroll 500 | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| Eddy Co-Variance Flux Tower | --- | Geochemical Monitoring | |
| In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) | --- | Geochemical Monitoring Conductivity Depth Temperature | |
| Push Point porewater samplers | --- | Chemistry Temperature pH Dissolved Oxygen ORP Methane Nutrients | |
| Groundwater wells (PVC) | No data associated with this equipment. Data is generated by the sensors deployed in the wells. | Chemistry | No data was collected |
