Field Activity 1998-005-FA

Identifier 1998-005-FA
Purpose Deploy two tripods (#515 and 516) measuring currents, salinity, temperature and beam attenuation in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana.
Location Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Tripods deployed at: Station A (inshore) 30d 02.053 N, 90d 12.080 W; Station B (offshore) 30d 09.887 N, 90d 04.947 W. Moorings deployed: 2 (#514 and 515 recovered FA 98030 PEARL RIVER BARGE May 6, 1998).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Rich Signell, Chief Scientist; Marinna Martini, Operations Chief; Joseph Newell, Technical and Logistical Support, Trucking. Project = Lake Pontchartrain: Geologic Framework and Processes, Lake Pontchartrain: Geologic Framework and Processes
Platform
Pearl Barge
Itinerary
Start Slidell, LA 1998-01-18
End Slidell, LA 1998-01-18
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -90.25
East -90
North 30.2
South 30

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Richard P Signell
Crew members
Richard P Signell
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Richard P Signell
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Shea Penland - University of New Orleans, 504/280-3119, FAX: 504/280-7396
Affiliate staff Paul Conner - LSU Coordinator; Joel Chalkey, Mark Miller, LSU - Divers; Katy Haralampides - UNO Observer

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Visual Identification, Location-Elevation
Data type: Current, Ground Truthing, Navigation

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:514,515;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
S4 current meter Current 1
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)
GPS - Handheld Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1998-005-FA-OM-001 S4 current meter mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity