1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity 1990-035-FA

Identifier 1990-035-FA
Alternate names MARL-90-1
Purpose Deploy current moorings in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays to study circulation patterns. Instruments supplement moored array currently deployed by WHOI and UNH as part of Massachusetts Bays program.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Basin, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings deployed: 4 (#352, 353, 354 and 355 all recovered FA 91001 OCEANUS Jan. 14-15, 1991).
Info derived Time series data; Suspended sediment concentrations;
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Platform
Marlin
100 feet
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1990-09-11
End Woods Hole, MA 1990-09-13
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.48874791
East -70.24520874
North 42.37229841
South 41.92487316

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Banks, Kendall
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Jim Irish, Ken Morey, John Woods (University of New Hampshire)

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:352,353,354,355;

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
1990-035-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 353; 19900913-19910115 Nancy K. Soderberg
1990-035-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Mass Bay Circulation mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity