Conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay. Exchange tripod, subsurface mooring and near-surface current meter.
Location
western Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Moorings deployed: 2 (#358 and 359, recovered FA 91005 WHITE HEATH Feb. 12-13, 1991). Moorings recovered: 2 (#347 and 348 deployed FA 90016 WHITE HEATH Jul. 10-11, 1990).
Info derived
Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments
NO CRUISE REPORT, only detailed pre-cruise report available. Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, Adam Brown, Brad Butman, Fran Hotchkiss, Marinna Martini, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, William Strahle, Magela Moffett.
Information from Foghorn: Hydraulically damped corer, Van Veen grab, gravity corer, time-series sediment trap, suspended matter sampler, 8 tube traps, 1 Anderson trap mounted on a subsurface mooring, tripod and near-surface current meter.;
