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

Field Activity 1976-010-FA

Identifier 1976-010-FA
Alternate names OC 4
Purpose Recover WHOI engineering mooring. Conduct PGR survey around moorings in NSF array. Test Plessey CTD and XCTDs. Collect XBT and CTD data around moorings.
Location Middle Atlantic Bight, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Recovered WHOI engineering mooring. PGR data: 926 km; XBTs: 31; CTDs: 13; XCTDs: 5.
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Project = Physical Oceanography of the outer Mid-Atlantic Bight, Physical Oceanography of the outer Mid-Atlantic Bight
Platform
Oceanus
Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1976-04-15
End Woods Hole, MA 1976-04-18
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -72
East -69
North 41.5
South 39.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Marlene A Noble
Scientist, Staff
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Robert C. Beardsley - WHOI
Affiliate staff Andrew Eliason, Robert C. Beardsley - WHOI, John Vermersch - WHOI, George Tupper - WHOI Buoy Group, Peter Clay - WHOI Buoy Group

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Environmental Data
Data type: Single Beam, CTD, Temperature

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes and cruise track map.
Cruise report WHOI cruise report including objectives, personnel, track map, and schematic of mooring.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
Plessey CTD CTD (no data reported)
XCTD CTD (no data reported)
XBT Temperature (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity