1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2014-026-FA

Identifier 2014-026-FA
Purpose Recover bottom platforms and NIMBBLEs for NSF Inner Shelf Study
Location Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory, Massachusetts
Summary Recovered two NIMBBLES and two Quadpods. Took two grab samples and recovered one sed sample from quadpod foot
Info derived Bottom stress
Comments This is the final recovery of the program. 2014-021-FA, 2014-025-FA, 2014-050-FA, 2014-059-FA and 2014-068-FA were all part of this program. Data is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7542KQR
Projects
Platform
Connecticut
Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2015-01-13
End Woods Hole, MA 2015-01-14
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.7865
East -70.3989094
North 41.3564774
South 41.25294098

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Patrick Dickhudt
Scientist, Staff
Christopher R Sherwood
Scientist, Staff
Christine Sabens
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Patrick Dickhudt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Malcolm Scully, WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Sidescan, Single Beam, Multibeam, Water column reflectivity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
SIMRAD EK60 Surveys (biological), Surveys (geochemical), Multibeam, Water column reflectivity (no data reported)
Klein 400 sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)