Field Activity 2017-039-FA

Identifier 2017-039-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.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Outer Cape Estuaries, Massachusetts, United States
Summary Installed platform, met station and solar panels
Info derived Installation of meteorological station and infrastructure at Herring River site. Installation of shallow groundwater wells.
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 Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-036-FA
Projects
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2017-06-09
End Woods Hole, MA 2017-06-12
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.51433848
East -69.94458347
North 42.09045224
South 41.60556066

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kevin D KroegerMeagan J Eagle
Crew members
Thomas W Brooks
Scientist, Staff
Meagan J Eagle
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
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, Light, Meteorology, Temperature

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
In-Situ AquaTroll 200 (CTD) Geochemical Monitoring, Conductivity, Depth, Temperature (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Meteorology, CTD, Temperature, pH, CO2, Radon, Conductivity, Current, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Fluorescence, Wave, ORP, Tide, Methane, Depth, Light, Nitrate, Gas Hydrates, Density, Sediment Properties, Osmometic Pressure, Chlorophyll, Nutrients, Pressure (no data reported)
Sensor - light Light (no data reported)

Datasets


Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
HR_2015_to_January_2020 Continuous monitoring data from Herring River wetlands, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015 to January 2020 Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles
HR_meta_2015_to_January_2020 Continuous monitoring data from Herring River Wetlands, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2015 to January 2020 including water level, salinity, soil temperature, and photosynthetically active radiation and others. Jennifer A O'keefe Suttles

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity