Field Activity 1978-039-FA

Identifier 1978-039-FA
Alternate names CI7808, Leg II
Purpose Piggyback on University of Miami cruise from Charleston to Miami to recover two tripods and surface buoys at Stations A and D, off Charleston, SC.
Location South Atlantic Bight, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings recovered: 1 (#152, deployed FA 78018 WHITEFOOT Jul. 13-14, 1978). Attempted recovery of mooring #153 failed and was accomplished during FA 78038.
Info derived Time series data;
Comments No post-cruise report found; information from mooring logs and center reports. Original Center People field contained: William Strahle, Nicholas Lefteriou.
Platform
Columbus Iselin
Length 155 feet
Itinerary
Start Charleston, SC 1978-11-14
End Miami, FL 1978-11-17
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -80.9473
East -78.39844
North 34.12545
South 29.84064

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Strahle
Crew members
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Dr. Thomas N. Lee - Univ. of Miami
Affiliate staff Nicholas Lefteriou; Thomas N. Lee - Ch. Sci., U. Miami

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation

Moorings

RCV: 152; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)
Magnavox satellite positioning system Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity