Field Activity 2017-036-FA

Identifier 2017-036-FA
Purpose Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data in several estuary systems across Cape Cod to examine environmental geochemistry and health of the estuary.
Location Outer Cape Estuaries, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Field work and data collection for this activity has been completed and data have been released in Science Base.
Info derived Time-series sensor data including water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature, PAR and meteorological data.
Comments Field activity is part of an ongoing investigation and environmental monitoring program around Cape Cod. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-016-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2017-05-25
End Woods Hole, MA 2017-09-30
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.51433848
East -69.94458347
North 42.09045224
South 41.60556066

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D KroegerMeagan J Eagle
Crew members
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Adrian C Mann
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Meagan J Eagle
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Faming Wang, MBL Jim Tang, MBL

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data
Data type: Conductivity, Depth, Meteorology, Temperature

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Geochemical Monitoring, Conductivity, Depth, Temperature (no data reported)

Datasets


Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
GBM_data_2017_2019 Continuous monitoring data from Great Barnstable Marsh on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2017-19. Includes measured parameters for groundwater wells (water elevation, water depth below land surface, salinity, and water temperature), soil and air temperature, and other meteorological parameters. Includes 5 separate data files. Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
CCmarsh_sensors_2016_2017 Continuous monitoring data from natural and restored salt marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2016-17 Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity