1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1997-044-FA

Identifier 1997-044-FA
Alternate names CA97-1
Purpose Deploy tripod #509 and sediment trap mooring off Scituate, Massachusetts.
Location Scituate, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Mooring deployed: 1 (#509 recovered FA 98019 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Mar. 25, 1998). Deployed tripod (with ADCP) and subsurface mooring (with time-series sediment trap). Water depth 22 m. Tripod: 42 09.744 N; 70 38.403 W. Subsurface: 42 09.755; 70 38.406 W.
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Project = The Massachusetts Bay Experiment, The Massachusetts Bay Experiment
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Platform
Christopher Andrew
Length: 62 feet; Beam: 20 feet.
Itinerary
Start Scituate, MA 1997-10-23
End Scituate, MA 1997-10-23
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.65
East -70.6
North 42.2
South 42.15

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Evans, John
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Peter W. Gill
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Bradford Butman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:509;

Equipment used

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

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1997-044-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity