1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity 1985-038-FA

Identifier 1985-038-FA
Purpose Recover tripod #302, deployed at 41.32 N and 70.48.16 W during Field Activity 85026.
Location Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary LEG 1: 11/04/1985 - Arrive at BBC mooring site with divers. Unable to find tripod after several attempts. LEG 2: 12/05/1985 - Search with divers using sidescan in 37 m radius. Tripod #302 found and recovered (deployed FA 85026 ASTERIAS Aug. 7-14, 1985).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Cruise included two legs: LEG 1, Nov. 4, 1985, and LEG 2, Dec. 5, 1985. Original Center People field contained: John Moody; William Strahle; John Larson; Brad Butman (Leg 2); Kenneth Parolski (Leg 2).
Related activities
1985-026-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1985-11-04
End Woods Hole, MA 1985-12-05
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.82856853
East -70.75875965
North 41.55991942
South 41.51034834

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Moody
Crew members
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
John Moody
Scientist, Staff
Larson, John
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff WHOI: Val Wilson, Terry Rioux - Leg 1, Ernie Charnette - Leg 1, Cheryl Ann Butman - Leg 2, Charlotte Fuller - Leg 2

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 report including personnel, daily narrative, tabulated information include sidescan survey and trackmap with tripod location.

Moorings

RCV:302; 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
1985-038-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Buzzards Bay Mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity