Field Activity 2012-043-FA

Identifier 2012-043-FA
Purpose Test video camera and lights on WHOI Craib corer.
Location Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary This cruise tested various light configurations for an underwater video mounted on WHOI Craib corer. No data are archived from this activity. The system was tested outside of Hadley's Harbor, and in Buzzards Bay. There was too much light at the Hadley's location and too much suspended material in Buzzards Bay. The system was successfully tested following the cruise in the well at the WHOI dock.
Info derived Laboratory sensor data;
Comments Project = Library of Sea-Floor Photograp,
Platform
Tioga
Length: 60 feet; Beam: 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2012-09-25
End Woods Hole, MA 2012-09-25
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.9
East -70.65
North 41.6
South 41.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Sandy Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Dickhudt
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Bradford Butman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Bruce Keafer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Imagery
Data type: Geology, Video

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Craib corer Geology (no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity