Field Activity 1976-022-FA

Identifier 1976-022-FA
Alternate names 76-1
Purpose Evaluate changes in bottom configuration and biology in areas where railroad wheels and pipes were set in 1975, and search for a lost current meter array.
Location Great South Channel, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary At mooring site 110, where a lost current meter array was sought, heavy fog prevented an extensive search for the equipment. Railroad wheel was located and extensively photographed at station 4503. Diving operations during the whole cruise were severely restricted by heavy fog during part or all of each day. Sea conditions were most often good but visibility was not generally within operating minimums. Dives: 8 (#683, 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, and 690); Stations: 2 (4502 and 4503); Transmissometer casts: 10; Hydrocasts: 6; Nephelometer: 1; Suspended matter samples: 5; XBTs: 0; Videos; Photos. Lost current meter was not located at site 110; biology surveys were successful at site 4503.
Info derived Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Dave Folger - Ch. Sci., Mike Bothner, Randy Fabro.
Platform
Atlantic Twin
90 foot steel catamaran hull research vessel with a 7 foot draft.
Nekton Gamma
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1976-07-01
End Woods Hole, MA 1976-07-07
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -69.09851074
East -67.28027344
North 42.02753423
South 40.58429256

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David Folger
Crew members
Michael Bothner
Scientist, Staff
David Folger
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Randy Fabro; NEKTON GAMMA pilots: R. Slater, Parsons, Czahara; VIMS: J. Kraeuter; Andrew Eliason - Consultant; Norman Vine - Consultant

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Visual Identification
Data type: Turbidity, Photo, Navigation, Submersible Observations

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report of ship movement, personnel, equipment performance and data acquisition, daily narrative, submersible dive log, mooring locations and dive sites.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
35 mm camera Photo (no data reported)
Montedoro Whitney transmissometer with nephelometer Turbidity (no data reported)
Loran-A Navigation (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)
Submersible Observation Submersible Observations (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity