1986-012-FA (CMHRP activity #923)

Field Activity 1986-012-FA

Identifier

1986-012-FA

Alternate names

86-2; JSL 1818

Purpose

Recover USGS mooring 301, deployed in Rodgers Pass in the Gulf of Maine.

Location

Rodgers Pass, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Mooring recovered: 1 (#301 deployed FA 85024 GYRE July 24-26, 1985). Page Valentine agreed to use submersible JOHNSON SEA-LINK on the first day of his Georges Bank cruise (detailed in cruise report 86011). SEA-LINK successfully released mooring 301.

Info derived

Mooring recovery;

Comments

Submersible used to recover mooring part was part of Page Valentine's cruise, FA 86011.

Platform

Johnson Sea-link
Mary Louise

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1986-07-20
End	Woods Hole, MA	1986-07-22
Days in the field	3

Bounds

West	-68.89765467
East	-68.57454466
North	42.65528419
South	42.43111534

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
John Moody	Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief scientist's cruise report including personnel, daily narrative, cruise highlights, and trackmap.

Moorings

RCV:301; DEP:;

Equipment used

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

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1986-012-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Gulf of Maine mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery