2007-028-FA (CMHRP activity #2066)

Field Activity 2007-028-FA

Identifier

2007-028-FA

Purpose

Deploy tripods at MVCO as part of the ONR Ripples DRI Project.

Location

Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Used divers to find boundary between coarse and fine sand (best visual was ripple size) and mark. Deployed flow and particle/sonar tripods.

Comments

Project = ONR Ripples DRI, ONR Ripples DRI

Related activities

2007-029-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Connecticut

Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2007-08-27
End	Woods Hole, MA	2007-08-27
Days in the field	1

Bounds

West	-70.6167
East	-70.48333
North	41.35
South	41.26667

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

Michael Casso	Scientist, Staff
Sandy Baldwin	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff
Christopher R Sherwood	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Ferre, Benedicte	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Ellyn Montgomery

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

WHOI, ONR

Affiliate staff

Traykovski, WHOI, collaborating scientist; Margaret Simon, VIMS (REU student observer)

Data types and categories

Data category:	Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type:	CTD, Temperature, Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 836, 837;

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)
Current	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Digital camera	Photo	1
GPS (wh)	Navigation	(no data reported)
Push corer (wh)	Biology, Geology	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2007-028-FA-PH-004	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Dann S Blackwood
2007-028-FA-SC-001	Push corer (wh)	diver push cores	Christopher R Sherwood