1986-001-FA (CMHRP activity #912)

Field Activity 1986-001-FA

Identifier

1986-001-FA

Alternate names

86-1

Purpose

Subsurface mooring #308 launched at station VSB.

Location

Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Subsurface mooring deployed: 1 (#308 recovered FA 86005 ASTERIAS Apr. 28-30, 1986).

Info derived

Time series data;

Platform

Asterias

Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1986-02-25
End	Woods Hole, MA	1986-02-25
Days in the field	1

Bounds

West	-70.7733
East	-70.66667
North	41.44444
South	41.33333

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

John Moody

Crew members

John Moody	Scientist, Staff
Larson, John	Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

Val Wilson - WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type:	Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Brief Chief Scientist's report including personnel, daily narrative, tabulated information, fathometer record showing mooring location.

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:308;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Loran-C	Navigation	(no data reported)
Grab sampler	Biology, Geology	1
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1986-001-FA-SC-001	Grab sampler	GRAB, SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLE samples	Brian Buczkowski