1985-006-FA (CMHRP activity #869)

Field Activity 1985-006-FA

Identifier

1985-006-FA

Alternate names

85-4

Purpose

Recover moorings #290, 291 and 292, and deploy moorings #293, 294 and 295 in Buzzards Bay.

Location

East Phinney Rock, Cleveland Ledge, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Moorings recovered: 3 (#290 deployed FA 85001 ASTERIAS Jan. 14, 1985; #291 and 292 both deployed FA 85002 ASTERIAS Jan. 28, 1985). Moorings deployed: 3 (#293 dragged for but no recovery information; #294 and 295 both recovered FA 85020 ASTERIAS Jun. 19-28, 1985).

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

There were three legs of this cruise: March 28 (Leg 1), March 29 (Leg 2), and April 9 (Leg 3).

Platform

Asterias

Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1985-03-28
End	Woods Hole, MA	1985-04-09
Days in the field	3

Bounds

West	-70.88150248
East	-70.68985946
North	41.65803621
South	41.53017005

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

John Moody

Crew members

John Moody	Scientist, Staff
Larson, John	Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

Val Wilson - WHOI; Le Kentang - IO, China (Leg 2); Bian Jiaxi - IO, China (Leg 2)

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief Scientist's report including personnel, daily narrative, and tabulation of information. Covers 3 legs.

Moorings

RCV:290,291,292; DEP:293,294,295;

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
1985-006-FA-PH-001	Camera- deep sea	film collection of TRIPOD 295; 19850409-19850619	Nancy K. Soderberg
1985-006-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Buzzards Bay mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery