2011-045-FA (CMHRP activity #2386)

Field Activity 2011-045-FA

Identifier

2011-045-FA

Purpose

Deploy tripod.

Location

Middle Ground, Vineyard Sound, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;, MVCO 12-m node

Summary

Deploy MVCO/OASIS profiling tripod (910) and aquadopp mooring (911). Collect diver push cores and diver bottle samples.

Info derived

Time series data;Grain size analysis;Suspended sediment concentrations;

Comments

Deployment. Linked to servicing FAs 2011-048, 2011-051, 2011-052, 2011-053, and recovery activity 2011-054. Project = Models for Changing Coastal Env,

Platform

Connecticut

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

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole	2011-09-17
End	Woods Hole	2011-09-17
Days in the field	1

Bounds

West	-70.6147
East	-70.50545
North	41.35492
South	41.32939

Scuba operations

Yes

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

Brandy Armstrong	Scientist, Staff
Patrick Dickhudt	Scientist, Staff
Ellyn Montgomery	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Christine Sabens	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Patrick Dickhudt	Specialist, Information
Christopher R Sherwood	Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Emmanuel Boss, Univerity of Maine

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Digital camera	Photo	1
GPS (wh)	Navigation	(no data reported)
Push corer (wh)	Biology, Geology	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)
SCUBA	Biology, Chemistry, Geology	(no data reported)
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)
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2011-045-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	photos taken during field operations	Dann S Blackwood