1996-029-FA (CMHRP activity #1378)

Field Activity 1996-029-FA

Identifier

1996-029-FA

Alternate names

M-29-96-MB, M2996MB

Purpose

Recover Monterey Canyon current meter mooring #458 deployed 1995; deploy 5 moorings #472, 473, 474, 475, and 476 on coastal shelf for sediment transport study.

Location

Monterey Canyon, Davenport, Santa Cruz, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Summary

Mooring recovered: 1 (#458 deployed FA 95030 MCARTHUR May 15-18, 1995). Moorings deployed: 5 (#472, 473, 474, and 475, recovered FA 97028 POINT SUR Apr. 16-18, 1997; #476 lost).

Platform

William A. McGaw

106 feet long

Itinerary

Start	Moss Landing, CA	1996-08-15
End	Moss Landing, CA	1996-08-18
Days in the field	3

Bounds

West	-122.882
East	-121.62964
North	37.66643
South	36.47431

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

William J. Strahle

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Marinna A Martini

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Steve Eittriem, USGS Andrew Stevenson, USGS

Affiliate staff

Marlene Noble, Kaye Kinoshita - PMG

Data types and categories

Data category:	Time Series
Data type:	Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:458; DEP:472,473,474,475,476-LOST;

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1996-029-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery