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Field Activity 1978-009-FA

Identifier 1978-009-FA
Purpose Recover 2 tripods off the Georgia-South Carolina continental shelf at Site A (#142) and Site C (#143); deploy 1 tripod (#147, Site A).
Location Georgia shelf, South Carolina shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings recovered: 2 (#142 and 143 deployed FA 78002 OCEANUS 39 Feb. 2-6, 1978). Moorings deployed: 1 (#147 recovered FA 78018 WHITEFOOT Jul. 13, 1978).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments No post-cruise report found; information derived from mooring log.
Related activities
1978-002-FA: Deployment-recovery
1978-018-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Columbus Iselin
Length 155 feet
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1978-04-10
End (port not specified) 1978-04-15
Bounds
West -80.23804301
East -78.6126709
North 32.60853098
South 31.10677555

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff USGS-Corpus Christi: John West

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:142, 143; DEP:147;

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
1978-009-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 147; 19780414-19780713 Nancy K. Soderberg
1978-009-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform SAB mooring data Ellyn Montgomery