Field Activity 2005-018-FA

Identifier 2005-018-FA
Alternate names M-1-05-MB
Purpose Deploy subsurface moorings #784 in Monterey Canyon and 785 in Soquel Canyon, Monterey Bay.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Data (navigation) of field activity M-5-05-MB in Monterey Canyon and Soquel Canyon from 01/01/2005 to 01/01/2005
Location Monterey Canyon and Soquel Canyon
Summary Moorings deployed: 2 (#784 and 785). This report was a place holder for data at the request of Nancy Soderberg. However, data is the responsibility of Menlo, not WHSC.
Info derived Time series data; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments m784 deployed May 13, 2005 17:57 GMT Drop location: 36 47.452N 121 50.189W m785 deployed May 13, 2005 22:10 GMT Drop location: 36 50.714N 121 57.801W See assocated field activities: M-1-06-MB Related activity M105NC; deployment of moorings m784 deployed May 13, 2005 17:57 GMT Drop location: 36 47.452N 121 50.189W m785 deployed May 13, 2005 22:10 GMT Drop location: 36 50.714N 121 57.801W
Platform
McArthur II
224 feet long, 43 foot beam, 15 foot draft. Launched in 1985. USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7) - acquired from the U.S. Navy in 2002 and renamed. Decommissioned in 2014.
Itinerary
Start San Francisco, CA 2005-01-01
End Moss Landing, CA 2005-01-01
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -122.75
East -121.75
North 37.25
South 36.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Marinna A Martini
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
(not identified)
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Marlene Noble, Joanne Ferreira, USGS-Menlo Park
Affiliate staff Menlo: Marlene Noble - Ch. Sci., Jingping Xu, Joanne Ferreira, Kurt Rosenberger

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation
Data type: CTD, Temperature, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Temperature and salinity CTD, Temperature (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Profiles, Transects, Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity