1. Deploy 5 tripod systems, 6 current moorings; recover 2 tripods and 2 current moorings. Monitor near-bottom circulation along the southern flank of Georges Bank through Great South Channel, and investigate coherence of flow between Georges Bank and the mid-Atlantic shelf. Study currents and sediment movement in the region of fine-grained sediments south of Martha's Vineyard. 2. Conduct temperature, salinity and suspended matter observations along shelf sections to determine position of moorings relative to coastal water masses to aid data interpretation. 3. Conduct sidescan sonar surveys to determine large-scale bedform distribution and direction of movement. 4. Recover, relight and replace necessary surface marker floats at tripod and current locations (so fishermen can avoid fouling their nets and leave instrumentation undisturbed).
Location
Middle Atlantic Bight, Mid-Atlantic Shelf, Wilmington Canyon, Mud Patch, Great South Channel, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Recovered tripods: 2 (#148 and 149 deployed FA 78010 OCEANUS 45 May 10-18, 1978); Recovered current moorings: 2 (#150, 151 deployed FA 78010 OCEANUS 45 May 10-18, 1978). Deployed tripods: 5 (#155 and 156 both recovered FA 79002 OCEANUS 56 Mar. 6-15, 1979; #157 recovered FA 78035 WHITEFOOT Oct. 30 - Nov. 2, 1978; #158 and 159 both recovered FA 79002 OCEANUS 56 Mar. 6-15, 1979); Deployed current moorings: 6 (#160 recovered FA 79002 OCEANUS 56 Mar. 6-15, 1979; #161 incomplete recovery information; #162 partial recovery by fisherman OCEAN STATE Oct. 16, 1978; #163 recovered FA 79002 OCEANUS 56 Mar. 6-15, 1979; #164 recovered Jan. 30, 1979 no ship and cruise information; #165 recovered FA 79002 OCEANUS 56 Mar. 6-15, 1979). XBTs: 61; CTD/Transmissions: 33; Surface salinity: 91; Surface grab samples: 7 (#4727-4733); Sidescan sonar: 18 km.
Info derived
Time series data;
Comments
Information from Foghorn: XBT;CTD;Surface grab sampler;Sidescan sonar system;
Neal Lillard - USGS-Corpus Christi; John West - USGS-Corpus Christi; B. Reckert - USGS-Washington; J. Ratcliff - Benthos; Andrew Eliason - Eliason Data Services; T. Sackton - Observer, Mass. Fair Share; T. Dourdeville - WHOI
Data types and categories
Data category:
Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar, Time Series
