2008-014-FA (CMHRP activity #2096)

Field Activity 2008-014-FA

Identifier

2008-014-FA

Alternate names

S-R3-08-SC

Purpose

Recover Palos Verdes moorings and tripods. Recover Hueneme Canyon moorings.

Location

Palos Verdes, Hueneme Canyon, Mugu Canyon, Los Angeles, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Summary

Recovered all PV moorings except: B3 Geoprobe (842), which had already been recovered; B1 tophat (851), recovered on cruise 08015. B6 Geoprobe (846) recovered on 4/11/08 with ROV from R/V SEA WATCH. Also recovered Hueneme Canyon moorings (838 and 839) for USGS-Menlo Park.

Comments

Original Center People field contained: C. Sherwood, co-chief scientist; B. Ferre, scientist; J. Borden, tech.; R. Rendigs, tech.; Marinna Martini, engineer; B. Armstrong, tech. Data Curator: Kurt Rosenberger. Project = California Urban Project - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), California Urban Project - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

URL

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

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/fieldwork2.html

Platform

Robert Gordon Sproul

Length: 125 feet; Beam: 32 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Scripps Marine Facility, San Diego, CA	2008-04-01
End	Scripps Marine Facility, San Diego, CA	2008-04-11
Days in the field	5

Bounds

West	-118.439
East	-118.26722
North	33.74194
South	33.65528

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

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Brandy Armstrong	Scientist, Staff
Christopher R Sherwood	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Ferre, Benedicte	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Christopher R Sherwood	Specialist, Information
PARTNER,	Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

Menlo Park / Santa Cruz: M. Noble, co-chief scientist; Jingping Xu, scientist; J. Ferreira, tech.; Dave Gonzales, tech.

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV: 838, 839, 840, 841, 843, 844, 845, 846, 847, 848, 849, 850, 852; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
GPS (wh)	Navigation	(no data reported)
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl	CTD	(no data reported)
Digital camera	Photo	(no data reported)
Grab sampler	Biology, Geology	1
Water sampler	Chemistry	1
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2008-014-FA-SC-002	Grab sampler	PCB samples: collected by passive sampler for Rob Burgess, EPA.	PARTNER
2008-014-FA-SC-001	Water sampler	Water Samples: used for CTD calibrations.	PARTNER