Field Activity 1978-002-FA

Identifier 1978-002-FA
Alternate names OC 39, Leg I
Purpose Deploy 2 tripods (#142 and 143) on the Georgia shelf, conduct CTD and XBT observations, and collect bottom grabs #4706-4708 along the Atlantic continental shelf.
Location Atlantic continental shelf, south Atlantic bight, Georgia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings deployed: 2 (#142 and 143, both recovered FA 78009 ISELIN Apr. 10-15, 1978). XBT: 80; CTD: 15; Surface grab samples: 3 (#4706-4708).
Info derived Time series data;Grain size analysis;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman - Chief Scientist, Elizabeth (Betsy) Coward, Charles Deadmon, Alan Goodman, Frank Jennings, Nicholas (Nick) Lefteriou, Stephanie Pfirman, Peter Popenoe, Gary Prisby, John West. Project = Sediment Dynamics, Sediment Dynamics
Related activities
1978-004-FA: Cruise legs
Platform
Oceanus
Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1978-02-02
End Savannah, GA 1978-02-06
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -81
East -70.75
North 41.6
South 31

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Frank Jennings
Scientist, Staff
Coward, Elizabeth
Scientist, Staff
Alan Goodman
Scientist, Staff
Pfirman, Stephanie
Scientist, Staff
John West
Scientist, Staff
Deadmon, Charles E.
Scientist, Staff
Peter Popenoe
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Nicholas (Nick) Lefteriou, Gary Prisby; Andrew Eliason - Eliason Data Services

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report, hydrographic station list of XBT's and CTD's, and track chart.
Cruise report Brief WHOI cruise report. Includes tripod schematic.

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 142, 143;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1978-002-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 143; 19780205-19780411 Nancy K. Soderberg
1978-002-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform SAB mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity