2004-008-FA (CMHRP activity #1887)

Field Activity 2004-008-FA

Identifier

2004-008-FA

Purpose

Recover 14 tripods and buoys in two legs. These are mooring numbers 730, 740-749, and 751-753.

Location

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

These are mooring numbers 730, 740-749, and 751-753. Note that three days were spent aboard ship. Moorings recovered: 14 (#730, deployed FA 03048 DAN MOORE Oct. 27-28, 2003; #740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 751, 752 and 753 all deployed FA 04007 DAN MOORE Jan. 20-30, 2004).

Comments

This field activity is associated with FA 03046, FA 03048 and FA 04007. See paper and electronic mooring logs for additional information regarding deployment and recovery dates and relationships between 720-series and 740-series moorings. Original Center People field contained: In the field: John Warner - Chief Scientist, Marinna Martini, Jonathan Borden, Richard Rendigs, Stephen Ruane; at WHFC: Philip Bernard - shipping. Project = South Carolina Coastal Erosion Studies, South Carolina Coastal Erosion Studies

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2009/12/research2.html

Platform

Dan Moore

Length: 85 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Wilmington Beach, NC	2004-04-22
End	Wilmington Beach, NC	2004-04-24
Days in the field	3

Bounds

West	-78.81838896
East	-77.19727456
North	33.78777145
South	33.63164538

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

Marinna A Martini

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
John C Warner	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Philip J Bernard	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Ruane, Stephen	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Frances L Lightsom

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

George Voulgaris - USC

Affiliate staff

University of South Carolina: George Voulgaris, Benjamin Gutierrez, Stephanie Olney, Young Kim, Rosaria Hector

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV: 730, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 751, 752, 753; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Mooring tripod	Ground Truthing	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	(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)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2004-008-FA-OM-001	Current	Myrtle Beach mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery