2016-052-FA (CMHRP activity #7436)

Field Activity 2016-052-FA

Identifier

2016-052-FA

Purpose

Deploy nanopod (1081) off Sandwich TNB.

Location

Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean

Summary

None, this was a deployment.

Info derived

time series of currents, waves, pressure

Comments

This is the first of many entries for deployments at Town neck Beach in winter 2017. Associated with 2016-052-FA, 2017-007-FA, 2017-001-FA, 2017-012-FA, 2017-013-FA, 2017-019-FA, 2017-025-FA, 2017-037-FA, 2017-040-FA. The data for all is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7B27T6P.

Projects

Barrier Evolution

Platform

Tioga

Length: 60 feet; Beam: 17 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2016-12-17
End	Woods Hole, MA	2016-12-17
Days in the field	0.5

Bounds

West	-70.4908
East	-70.42205817
North	41.78503467
South	41.73478262

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

Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Ellyn Montgomery

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
DGPS		Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
sandwich2017 data from all platforms	Bottom platform	An offshore platform 1081 was deployed for the entire winter. Pressure sensors were deployed on the beach during storms to record overwash events if they occurred.	Ellyn Montgomery