Field Activity 2000-051-FA

Identifier 2000-051-FA
Alternate names IB H-51-00-GU
Purpose Deploy 2 remaining USGS moorings in western Maine Coastal Current system.
Location Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Moorings deployed: 2 (#622 and 623 both recovered FA 00025 CAPE HATTERAS Aug. 13-16, 2000).
Comments USGS Mooring Deployments: USGS1: 43 36.67 N, 069 51.89 W; USGS2: 43 42.02 N, 069 21.29 W. Project = ECOHAB - Gulf of Maine, ECOHAB - Gulf of Maine
Platform
Cape Hatteras
Length: 135 feet; Beam: 32 feet.
Itinerary
Start Portland, ME 2000-04-23
End Portland, ME 2000-05-03
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -69.5297
East -68.99273682
North 43.83687944
South 43.48911397

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Hyatt, Jason
Crew members
Hyatt, Jason
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Frances L Lightsom
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal David Townsend, John Wallinga - University of Maine

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:622,623;

Equipment used

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

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2000-051-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform ECOHAB II mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity