Field Activity 1985-020-FA

Identifier 1985-020-FA
Alternate names 85-9
Purpose Deploy tripods #298, 299 and 300. Recover tripods #293, 294 and 295. Confirm location of tripod #298.
Location Cleveland Ledge, Phinney Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings deployed: 3 (#298, 299 and 300, no recovery logs). Moorings recovered: 3 (#293, 294 and 295, all deployed FA 85006 ASTERIAS Mar. 28 - Apr. 9, 1985). LEG 1 - 06/19/1985 No response from tripod #294 release, no surface float, despite repeated attempts. Tripod #298 deployed. Subsurface mooring #293 released, did not surface and was recovered by dragging. Mooring #298 confirmed at bottom. Tripod #295 recovered. LEG 2 - 06/26/1985 Tripod #299 released. Start search for tripod #294. Place buoy on anchor at possible #294 site for possible underwater search later. LEG 3 - 06/28/1985 Divers search for tripod #294. Located and recovered.
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Cruise had 3 legs: Leg 1, June 19; Leg 2, June 26; and Leg 3, June 28, 1985. Original Center People field contained: John Moody, William Strahle, John Larson, Brad Butman (Legs 1 and 3), Joseph Newell (Legs 1 and 2).
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1985-06-19
End Woods Hole, MA 1985-06-28
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.8805825
East -70.69290161
North 41.65649719
South 41.53096962

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Moody
Crew members
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
John Moody
Scientist, Staff
Larson, John
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff WHOI: Val Wilson, Cheryl Ann Butman (Leg 3), Charlotte Fuller (Leg 3)

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Time Series
Data type: Photo, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report indicating personnel, daily narrative, and tabulated information..

Moorings

RCV:293,294,295; DEP:298,299,300;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1985-020-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 299; 19850626-19850814 Nancy K. Soderberg
1985-020-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Buzzards Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity