Field Activity 1986-001-FA

Identifier 1986-001-FA
Alternate names 86-1
Purpose Subsurface mooring #308 launched at station VSB.
Location Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Subsurface mooring deployed: 1 (#308 recovered FA 86005 ASTERIAS Apr. 28-30, 1986).
Info derived Time series data;
Related activities
1986-005-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1986-02-25
End Woods Hole, MA 1986-02-25
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.7733
East -70.66667
North 41.44444
South 41.33333

Personnel

Organization
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
Affiliate staff Val Wilson - WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief Chief Scientist's report including personnel, daily narrative, tabulated information, fathometer record showing mooring location.

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:308;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1986-001-FA-SC-001 Grab sampler GRAB, SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLE samples Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity