2003-012-FA (CMHRP activity #1828)

Field Activity 2003-012-FA

Identifier

2003-012-FA

Alternate names

PASTA Legs 2-3

Purpose

Recover EuroSTRATAFORM moorings and tripods; perform sidescan-sonar surveys.

Location

Chienti River, Pescara, Adriatic Sea, Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Atlantic;

Summary

Recovered Moorings: 3 (#711, 712, and 713 all deployed FA 03011 SEWARD JOHNSON II Feb. 11-22, 2003). Sidescan sonar: These data returned to USGS-Woods Hole for processing.

Info derived

Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations; Sea floor map;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Christopher Sherwood, Scientist; Richard Rendigs, Diver; Charles Worley, Diver and Sidescan operator. Project = EuroSTRATAFORM, EuroSTRATAFORM

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2005/01/pubs.html

Platform

Seward Johnson II

168 feet long.

Itinerary

Start	Ravenna, Italy	2003-05-26
End	Ravenna, Italy	2003-06-03
Days in the field	10

Bounds

West	12.2
East	16.25
North	45.5
South	41.75

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

Christopher R Sherwood

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Christopher R Sherwood	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

Chuck Nittrouer, University of Washington

Affiliate staff

Charles Nittrouer - UWA, Coordinator; Joanne Ferreira, Engineer - USGS-Menlo Park; Harold Williams - USGS-Menlo Park; BIO/Dalhousie; ISMAR; ICM; WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category:	Environmental Data, Imagery, Time Series
Data type:	CTD, Temperature, Photo, Video, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV: 711, 712, 713; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Video camera - deep sea	Video	(no data reported)
Temperature and salinity	CTD, Temperature	(no data reported)
Pressure	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Turbidity	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Digital camera	Photo	1
Current	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2003-012-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Christopher R Sherwood
2003-012-FA-OM-001	Current	mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery