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.

Related activities

1982-011-FA: Deployment-recovery

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	Survey Equipment	Description
Cruise report	(document not focused on specific equipment)	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