Field Activity 2006-037-FA

Identifier 2006-037-FA
Purpose Anchored platform for Rad7 detector in West Falmouth Harbor.
Location West Falmouth Harbor, Snug Harbor, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Between July 3 and 7, an anchored raft was deployed in Snug Harbor as a platform for a RAD7 and attached water sampling gear (41.60712N, -70.63678W). This setup provided continuous measurements (twice per hour) of water-column radon activity over the course of many tidal cycles.
Info derived radioisotopic tracers;
Comments Related field activities: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06020/, http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06021/, http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06025/, http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06026/. Project = Ground water coastal aquifers, Ground water coastal aquifers
Platform
WHSC Raft
Itinerary
Start West Falmouth Harbor, MA 2006-07-03
End West Falmouth, MA 2006-07-07
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -70.637
East -70.636
North 41.61
South 41.607

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Crusius
Crew members
John Crusius
Scientist, Staff
Nepstad, Max
Scientist, Staff
Koopmans, Dirk
Scientist, Staff
Erban, Laura
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Erban, Laura
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Visual Identification, Sampling
Data type: Ground Truthing, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity