Recover 3 and deploy 3 tripods and floats to monitor sediment transport; obtain XBTs to position the shelf-slope water front; collect water samples for suspended sediment analyses.
Location
mid-Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Tripod #116 was dragged 4 miles and damaged approximately 6 days after deployment; however, some good data were obtained. See cruise report for full description. Deployed: 1 current meter (#118 recovered FA 77023 OCEANUS 29 July 6-13, 1977); Deployed: 2 tripods (#119 and 120 both recovered FA 77009 WHITEFOOT March 8 - Apr. 17, 1977); Recovered: 1 current meter (#115 deployed FA 76031 OCEANUS 13 Aug. 12-24, 1976); Recovered: 2 tripods (#116 and 117 both deployed FA 76044 WHITEFOOT Oct. 26-31, 1976); XBT profiles: 83; Transmissometer profiles: 22; Water samples (salinity): 95; Water samples (suspended matter): 65.
Info derived
Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman - Ch. Sci.; Randy Fabro, Bill Jaworski, John Mclean, Gary Prisby, William Strahle.
Project = Sediment Dynamics, Sediment Dynamics
Chief Scientist's cruise report of ship movement, personnel, equipment and data acquisition. Includes trackmaps, station locations navigation table with information about what data were acquired at each station.
