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Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-010-FA

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Other ID: CACO Waves

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (WH) (MN00U03)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Olivia De Meo

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover a nanopod within view but offshore of the Marconi Camera site. Data collected will help validate the total water level model.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2025-03-04

End Date: 2025-03-14

Equipment Used: Bottom platform, shipek grab (WH)

Information to be Derived: waves, currents, grain size, water levels, conductivity, temperature

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Sandra Brosnahan, Christopher Sherwood, Robert Bales, Olivia De Meo, Eric Marsjanik, Steven Suttles

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-028-FA.
Only 1 or 2 days needed for this activity but will need a broad window (10days) to find suitable sea-state conditions and ship availability for this work.
Scuba divers will be onboard as a back-up recovery option to be used only if primary method (pop-up release) is not successful.

Location:

Marconi Beach, MA

Boundaries
North: 41.96255364 South: 41.82454868 West: -70.00350952 East: -69.88128662

Platform(s):

photo of Tioga
Tioga

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
shipek grab (WH) --- Geology

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