1975-020-FA (CMHRP activity #495)

Field Activity 1975-020-FA

Identifier

1975-020-FA

Purpose

The cruise objective was to deploy one surface mooring (#GBK2, #102) and one intermediate mooring (#GBK3) in support of research on the low frequency variability of the region for the USGS.

Location

southwestern Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Ship track: 320 nm; Moorings deployed: 1 (#102, recovered FA 76006 HORNBEAM Mar. 8-13, 1976).

Info derived

Time series data;

Related activities

1976-006-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Hornbeam

Length 180 feet; beam 37 feet; draft 12 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1975-09-16
End	Woods Hole, MA	1975-09-18
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-67.58449141
East	-67.21682655
North	40.9033605
South	40.70516324

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Bradford Butman

Crew members

Affiliate staff

John Vermersch (MIT), C. Flagg (MIT)

Data types and categories

Data category:	Time Series
Data type:	Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Survey Equipment	Description
Cruise report	(document not focused on specific equipment)	Chief Scientist's cruise report describing ship movement, personnel, equipment, and map of transit and mooring location.

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 102;

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1975-020-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Georges Bank Sediment mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery