Field Activity 1990-047-FA

Identifier 1990-047-FA
Alternate names WCMA90-1; STRESS LEG 1
Purpose Deploy surface marker buoys and 3 current moorings on California continental shelf in Sediment TRansport Events on Shelves and Slopes (STRESS) experiment to study resuspension/transport of fine-grained sediments in winter storms at sites C2, C3, and C4.
Location northern California Continental Shelf, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
Comments Leg 1: Nov. 14-17, 1990, Newport, OR to Yerba Buena, CA. Leg 3: Nov. 19-21, 1990, Yerba Buena, CA to Yerba Buena, CA. No USGS AMG personnel on Leg 2 or Leg 4. Project = Sediment Transport Events on Shelves and Slopes (STRESS), Sediment Transport Events on Shelves and Slopes (STRESS)
Platform
Wecoma
Length: 185 feet (56.4 m); Beam: 33 feet (10.1 m).
Itinerary
Start Newport, OR 1990-11-14
End Yerba Buena, CA 1990-11-17
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -123.5
East -123.25
North 38.6
South 38.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Strahle
Crew members
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series
Data type: Mooring (physical oceanography)

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
1990-047-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity