2003-028-FA (CMHRP activity #1844)

Field Activity 2003-028-FA

Identifier

2003-028-FA

Alternate names

MH41B-03

Purpose

Deploy Scituate tripod and subsurface mooring, recover NOPP surface mooring, and recover Scituate tripod and subsurface mooring.

Location

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

Summary

Moorings deployed: 2 (#709 and 710 both recovered FA 03043 MARCUS HANNA Sep. 24-25, 2003). Moorings recovered: 1 (#698 deployed FA 02046 MARCUS HANNA Oct. 22-25, 2002). NOPP Buoy recovered. Tripod (#688) did not release.

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden - Deck Boss; Marinna Martini - Deck; Brian Buczkowski - Deck; Richard Rendigs - Honjo Traps, Deck; Michael Casso - Sediment Traps, Deck. Project = MWRA - Massachusetts Bay Time Series, MWRA - Massachusetts Bay Time Series

URL

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

Platform

Christopher Andrew

Length: 62 feet; Beam: 20 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Scituate, MA	2003-04-23
End	Scituate, MA	2003-04-23
Days in the field	1

Bounds

West	-70.7
East	-70.6
North	42.25
South	42.15

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

Jonathan Borden

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso	Scientist, Staff
Brian Buczkowski	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Time Series, Visual Identification, Sampling, Environmental Data
Data type:	Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography), Ground Truthing, Geology, CTD, Temperature

Moorings

RCV: 688, 698; DEP: 709, 710;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1
Mooring tripod	Ground Truthing	(no data reported)
Sediment traps	Geology	(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)
Current	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2003-028-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Western Mass Bay mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery