Replace bottom tripod system (#157) deployed on ATLANTIS II 103 (FA 78031) suspected of malfunctioning; deploy additional surface marker buoy at station for additional protection from bottom trawling; attempt to recover by grappling subsurface current mooring #162. (Trawler OCEAN STATE from Pt. Judith, RI fished up entire mooring. Flotation was returned but 1 VACM-TR and release dropped to bottom when chain parted.)
Location
continental shelf south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Unable to recover Mooring #162 with grapple; instruments slipped from wire twice in rough seas; recovered small marker float only. Mooring recovered: 1 (#157 deployed FA 78031 ATLANTIS II Sep. 28 - Oct. 5, 1978). Moorings deployed: 2 (#166 and 167, recovered FA 79002 OCEANUS 56 Mar. 6-15, 1979). XBT stations: 4; Surface salinity samples: 4.
Info derived
Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman - Ch. Sci.; Nicholas (Nick) Lefteriou.
