2014-021-FA (CMHRP activity #66)

Field Activity 2014-021-FA

Identifier

2014-021-FA

Purpose

Deploy bottom platforms and NIMBBLEs for NSF Inner Shelf Study

Location

Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, Massachusetts

Summary

Sediment samples, geophysics, and tripod monitoring

Info derived

Bottom stress

Comments

first deployment cruise- also see 2014-025-FA, 2014-026-FA, 2014-050-FA, 2014-052-FA, 2014-059-FA, 2014-068-FA.

Projects

NSF Bottom Stress

Platform

Connecticut

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

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2014-06-30
End	Woods Hole, MA	2014-07-02
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-70.7865
East	-70.3989094
North	41.3564774
South	41.25294098

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

Seth Ackerman	Scientist, Staff
Patrick Dickhudt	Scientist, Staff
Ellyn Montgomery	Scientist, Staff
Christopher R Sherwood	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Emile Bergeron	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Patrick Dickhudt

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type:	Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Grab sampler	Biology, Geology	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
MVCO_14 timeseries	Bottom platform	Data from all platforms. There were 2 deployements fo each platform	Ellyn Montgomery