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

Field Activity 1998-019-FA

Identifier 1998-019-FA
Alternate names W26B-98
Purpose Deploy two moorings (#518 and 519) and recover mooring #509 off Scituate, Massachusetts.
Location Massachusetts Bay, off Scituate, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Surface markers were deployed north and south of this mooring site. Mooring recovered: 1 (#509 deployed FA 97044 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Oct. 23, 1997). Moorings deployed: 2 (#518 and 519 recovered FA 98028 MARCUS HANNA Jun. 17-19, 1998).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
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 1998-03-25
End Scituate, MA 1998-03-25
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 Michael Bothner
Crew members
Michael Bothner
Scientist, Staff
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:509; DEP:518,519;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Sediment traps Geology (no data reported)
ADCP Current (no data reported)
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1998-019-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity