1991-053-FA (CMHRP activity #1175)

Field Activity 1991-053-FA

Identifier

1991-053-FA

Purpose

Deploy part of mooring #391 at Mobile Site A, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico); deploy mooring #394 in lower Mobile Bay, Alabama. Recovered damaged mooring #392 from lower Mobile Bay and #393 from upper Mobile Bay.

Location

Mobile Bay, Alabama, United States, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Moorings deployed: 2 (part of #391, recovered FA 92030 TOMMY MUNRO May 6, 1992, and #394, recovered FA 92038 VERRILL AE, May 11, 1992). Moorings recovered: 2 (#392 deployed FA 91040 VERRILL AE Nov. 5, 1991, and #393 deployed FA 91054 SEA OX Nov. 11, 1991).

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

No field activity reports; information derived from mooring logs.

Related activities

1991-040-FA: Deployment-recovery

1991-052-FA: Deployment-recovery

1991-054-FA: Deployment-recovery

1992-030-FA: Deployment-recovery

1992-038-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Verrill, A. E.

65 feet

Itinerary

Start	(port not specified)	1991-12-09
End	(port not specified)	1991-12-13
Days in the field	5

Bounds

West	-88.2
East	-87.95
North	30.3
South	29.95

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

William J. Strahle

Crew members

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:392, 393; DEP:391,394;

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
1991-053-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery