2011-042-FA (CMHRP activity #2383)

Field Activity 2011-042-FA

Identifier

2011-042-FA

Purpose

Deploy bottom tripod in Buzzards Bay in advance of Hurrican Irene

Location

Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,

Summary

Tripod deployed at 41 31.8522 N, 70 48.6134 W (16 m water depth) at ~9:55 am EST in advance of Hurricane Irene.

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Project = Models for Changing Coastal Env,

Platform

Tioga

Length: 60 feet; Beam: 17 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole	2011-08-26
End	Woods Hole	2011-08-26
Days in the field	1

Bounds

West	-70.8673
East	-70.76706
North	41.56409
South	41.51372

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

Bradford Butman

Crew members

Marinna A Martini

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Bradford Butman

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Time Series, Environmental Data
Data type:	Mooring (physical oceanography), CTD, Temperature

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1
Current	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Pressure	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
Temperature and salinity	CTD, Temperature	(no data reported)
Turbidity	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
Data from 2011-042-FA	Bottom platform	All data from tripod 914, deployed in Buzzards Bay during Hurricane Irene	Ellyn Montgomery