2010-055-FA (CMHRP activity #2290)

Field Activity 2010-055-FA

Identifier

2010-055-FA

Purpose

Set tripods.

Location

Chandeleur Islands, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

4 tripods deployed.

Comments

Set 4 ADCP tripods around the Chandeleur Islands; these will be mooring numbers 889, 890, 891, and 892.

URL

http://www.usgs.gov/deepwater_horizon/

Platform

Acadiana

Length 58 feet

Itinerary

Start	Cocodrie, LA	2010-07-09
End	Cocodrie, LA	2010-07-12
Days in the field	10

Bounds

West	-89.0771
East	-88.71735
North	30.08098
South	29.60451

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

Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Christopher R Sherwood

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series, Visual Identification, Other
Data type:	Wave, Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography), Ground Truthing

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 889, 890, 891, 892;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Grab sampler	Biology, Geology	(no data reported)
GPS (wh)	Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1
Mooring tripod	Ground Truthing	(no data reported)
Turbidity	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Current	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Sensor - wave	Wave	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
Data from 2010-055-FA	Bottom platform	All data from Chandeleur Islands collected in 2010, after the New Horizon Oil spill	Ellyn Montgomery