1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1996-023-FA

Identifier 1996-023-FA
Alternate names W22-96
Purpose 22nd cruise monitoring currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay: Recover/redeploy standard tripod, small tripod - ADCP, suspended sediment sampler, hydraulically damped corer, Van Veen, video, O2 profiler.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Moorings deployed: 4 (#477, 478 and 480 recovered FA 97015 WHITE HEATH Feb. 11-13, 1997; and #479 recovered FA 97029 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW May 19, 1997). Moorings recovered: 2 (#468 and 470 deployed FA 96012 WHITE HEATH Jun. 11, 1996).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments Project = Pollution Transport in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay, Pollution Transport in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay
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Platform
White Heath
Length: 133 feet; Beam: 30 feet.
Itinerary
Start Boston, MA 1996-10-01
End Boston, MA 1996-10-02
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.8
East -70.75
North 42.4
South 42.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Michael Bothner
Crew members
Michael Bothner
Scientist, Staff
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Brenton B.
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Peter W. Gill
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Frederic L. Sayles - WHOI
Affiliate staff Ken Keay - MWRA, Fred Sayles and Joanne Goudreau - WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Visual Identification, Other
Data type: Current, Photo, Navigation, Geology, Ground Truthing

Moorings

RCV:468,470; DEP:477,478,479,480;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
ADCP Current 1
Sediment traps Geology (no data reported)
Slow corer Geology (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1996-023-FA-OM-001 ADCP Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery
1996-023-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 480; 19961001-19970212 Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity