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;

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	Description
Cruise report	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