Field Activity 1977-028-FA

Identifier 1977-028-FA
Purpose Deploy a tripod with an associated surface marker buoy at South Atlantic Station B as part of a continued study of sediment transport and currents along the east coast continental shelf.
Location U.S. south Atlantic continental shelf, Georgia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Deployed tripod: 1 (#134 recovered FA 77032 ADVANCE II Sep. 7-23, 1977).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Original Center People field contained: William Strahle - Ch. Sci./e.eng.; John West - tech.
Related activities
1977-032-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Advance II
180 feet long.
Itinerary
Start Wilmington, NC 1977-08-05
End Wilmington, NC 1977-08-07
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -80.51169239
East -80.38839612
North 31.10586117
South 30.98166512

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Strahle
Crew members
John West
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Time Series
Data type: Photo, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's log of ship movement, personnel, equipment notes, and daily narrative. Also has map of tripod locations.

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 134,

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1977-028-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 134; 19770806-19770908 Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity