Field Activity 2002-026-FA

Identifier 2002-026-FA
Alternate names MH38-02
Purpose Exchange moored instruments and collect sediment samples at the USGS long-term stations near Buoy B in Massachusetts Bay and offshore of Scituate.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Scituate, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings recovered: 5 (#649 deployed FA 01013 MARCUS HANNA May 23, 2001, recovered and redeployed FA 01068 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Aug. 16, 2001, recovered FA 02026 MARCUS HANNA Feb. 5-6, 2002; #664 and 665 both deployed FA 01024 MARCUS HANNA Oct. 23, 2001; #666 and 667 both deployed FA 01080 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Oct. 26-30, 2001). Moorings deployed: 5 (#682, 683, 684, 685 and 686, all recovered FA 02045 MARCUS HANNA May 21-22, 2002).
Comments Chuck Worley and Dann Blackwood are designated to dive if the large tripod is not recovered in the normal way. Extra cores collected at Station 3 for WHOI processing at the Coast Guard dock. Problem with the bottom sealing mechanism (cheese slicer) on the slow corer. Original Center People field contained: Scientists at sea: Dann Blackwood, Jonathan Borden*, Mike Bothner, Michael Casso, Sarah Fuller*, Marinna Martini*, Richard Rendigs, Joanne Sedlock*, Flavia Wood, Charles Worley*. Mob and demobe: Joseph Newell*. Asterisk (*) denotes acct. 67013; otherwise acct. 67011. Project = Massachusetts Bay Experiment, Massachusetts Bay Experiment
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Platform
Marcus Hanna
175 feet long. Buoy tender.
Itinerary
Start U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA 2002-02-05
End U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA 2002-02-06
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.84517248
East -69.98262125
North 42.39900947
South 41.98694244

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Michael Bothner
Crew members
Joanne R Sedlock
Scientist, Staff
Michael Bothner
Scientist, Staff
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Wood, Flavia
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Fuller, Sarah
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Frances L Lightsom
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Joanne Goudreau, William Martin - WHOI
Affiliate staff William Martin and Joanne Goudreau from WHOI who will deploy the oxygen profiler on the 2nd day of the cruise.

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Geochemical, Imagery, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Dissolved Oxygen, Experiments (geochemical), Photo, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:649,664,665,666,667; DEP:682,683,684,685,686;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Oxygen profiling system from Sayles Dissolved Oxygen (no data reported)
Benthic Chambers Experiments (geochemical) (no data reported)
Slow corer Geology 1
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2002-026-FA-SC-001 Slow corer CORE samples Brian Buczkowski
2002-026-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood
2002-026-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity