Field Activity 1986-005-FA

Identifier 1986-005-FA
Alternate names 86-2
Purpose Recover mooring #308 in Vineyard Sound. Recover two tripods (#305 and 306) and one subsurface mooring (#307) in Cape Cod Bay. Recover TDR instrument for Aubrey in Plymouth Harbor.
Location Vineyard Sound, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings recovered: 4 (#305, 306 and 307 all deployed FA 86034 ASTERIAS Feb. 10-14, 1986; #308 deployed FA 86001 ASTERIAS Feb. 25, 1986).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments This is a joint project with Dave Aubrey at WHOI designed to investigate sediment movement at two potential dredge spoil disposal areas in Cape Cod Bay. Original Center People field contained: John Moody (Legs 2 and 3); William Strahle (Legs 1, 2 and 3) John Larson (Legs 1, 2 and 3); Joseph Newell (Legs 1, 2 and 3).
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1986-04-28
End Woods Hole, MA 1986-04-30
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.78886759
East -70.2242806
North 42.00440721
South 41.43243113

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
John Moody
Scientist, Staff
Larson, John
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Dave Aubrey, WHOI
Affiliate staff WHOI: Wayne Spencer (Legs 2 and 3), Peter Zeeb (Legs 2 and 3)

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series, Visual Identification
Data type: Mooring (physical oceanography), Ground Truthing

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, site locations, daily narrative, tabulated information.

Moorings

RCV:305,306,307,308; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1986-005-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Cape Cod bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity