1998-031-FA (CMHRP activity #1474)

Field Activity 1998-031-FA

Identifier

1998-031-FA

Purpose

Deploy moorings in Massachusetts Bay for internal wave experiment. Conduct hydrographic survey.

Location

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Summary

Instruments deployed at 3 sites in Massachusetts Bay - Station A: 1 surface buoy; Station B: 4 surface buoys, 2 subsurface moorings, 1 tripod; Station C: 1 surface buoy, 1 subsurface mooring, 1 tripod. Moorings deployed: 7 (#533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538 and 539 all recovered FA 98032 ARGO MAINE Aug. 30 - Sep. 1, 1998).

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Project = Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Mapping, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Mapping

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Related activities

1998-032-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Argo Maine

Length 80 feet; beam 24 feet; draft 10 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1998-08-03
End	Sandwich, MA	1998-08-07
Days in the field	4

Bounds

West	-70.6667
East	-70.25
North	42.4167
South	42.1667

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

Bradford Butman

Crew members

Bradford Butman	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Bradford Butman

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Affiliate staff

WHOI: Steve Anderson, Rick Trask, Will Ostrom, Brian Way, Jason Gobat, Mark Grosenbaugh

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sonar, Time Series
Data type:	Photo, Navigation, Single Beam, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:533,534,535,536,537,538,539;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Simrad EC - 810 echo sounder	Single Beam	(no data reported)
Camera- deep sea	Photo	2
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-031-FA-PH-001	Camera- deep sea	film collection of TRIPOD 535; 19980804-?	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-031-FA-PH-002	Camera- deep sea	DVD ROM disk of TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 1-231, TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 232-466, TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 466-670, TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 671-698,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-031-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	DVD ROM disk of TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 1-231, TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 232-466, TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 466-670, TRIPOD 535 STELLWAGEN 671-698,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-031-FA-OM-002	Bottom platform	Mass Bay IWAVE mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery