1982-015-FA (CMHRP activity #777)

Field Activity 1982-015-FA

Identifier

1982-015-FA

Purpose

Recover a pressure mooring off Nantucket Island (mooring #256).

Location

6 miles south of Smith Point, Nantucket Shoals, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Release confirmed, but mooring would not release. Recovered via dragging. Float came to surface after being touched by grappling hook; pressure sensor lost. Mooring recovered: 1 (#256 deployed FA 82011 WHITEFOOT Apr. 21, 1982).

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman, Frank Musialowski, William Strahle.

Platform

Whitefoot

tug

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1982-05-26
End	Woods Hole, MA	1982-05-26
Days in the field	1

Bounds

West	-70.26681924
East	-70.07805166
North	41.20684295
South	41.05835649

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Bradford Butman

Crew members

Bradford Butman	Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

Frank Musialowski

Data types and categories

Data category:	Time Series
Data type:	Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, brief narrative and map with mooring location.

Moorings

RCV:256; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1982-015-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Georges Bank Sediment mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery