Field Activity 2009-042-FA

Identifier 2009-042-FA
Purpose Test new seismic fish and topside unit configuration in a lake setting known to be characterized by methane emissions.
Location Upper Mystic Lake, Medford, Massachusetts, United States, North America;
Summary Collected Chirp data over most of lake; Lowrance GPS failed a few times.
Comments Project = High-Latitude Climate-Hydrates Interactions - Dept. of Energy, High-Latitude Climate-Hydrates Interactions - Dept. of Energy
Platform
Terrapin
14-foot Starcraft
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2009-06-08
End (port not specified) 2009-06-08
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -71.1556
East -71.1412
North 42.4465
South 42.4218

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Carolyn Ruppel
Crew members
Carolyn Ruppel
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Carolyn Ruppel
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Harry Hemond - MIT
Affiliate staff Charuleka Varadharajan, MIT

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity