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

Field Activity 2000-062-FA

Identifier 2000-062-FA
Alternate names IB A-62-00-MA
Purpose Deployment of NOPP/WHOI/USGS Tripods and Buoys.
Location Boston Harbor, Scituate, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Successful deployment of USGS tripods. Limited success of Boston Buoy equipment. Successful redeploy of Scituate Buoy. Moorings deployed: 2 (#628, recovered FA 00085 Nov. 14, 2000, and #629 recovered FA 00066 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Aug. 18, 2000).
Comments Original Center People field contained: At Sea: Jonathan Borden, Jessica Cote, Matthew Robidoux; Mob/Demob: Joseph Newell, Robert Barton. Project = NOPP Acoustic Modem tests, NOPP Acoustic Modem tests
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Platform
Christopher Andrew
Length: 62 feet; Beam: 20 feet.
Itinerary
Start Scituate, MA 2000-07-19
End Scituate, MA 2000-07-19
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.65672482
East -70.61526843
North 42.16792447
South 42.14224953

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jonathan Borden
Crew members
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Cote, Jessica M.
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal WHOI
Affiliate staff Matthew Robidoux; Jonathan Ware - WHOI, Dan Frye - WHOI, N. McPhee - WHOI; Lisa Borden - MBL, Volunteer

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series
Data type: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:628,629;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2000-062-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity