1998-032-FA (CMHRP activity #1475)

Field Activity 1998-032-FA

Identifier

1998-032-FA

Purpose

Recover moorings in Stellwagen Basin for internal wave experiment. Conduct hydrographic survey.

Location

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Summary

USGS moorings recovered in Massachusetts Bay - Station A: Mooring 539 (surface buoy); Station B: Mooring 536 (surface buoy), 537 (tripod), 538 (subsurface); Station C: Mooring 533 (surface buoy), 534 (subsurface), 535 (tripod); 67 CTD casts. Moorings recovered: 7 (#533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538 and 539 all deployed FA 98031 ARGO MAINE Aug. 3-7, 1998).

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman, Jonathan Borden; Joseph Newell (loading/unloading). Project = Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Mapping, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Mapping

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Platform

Argo Maine

Length 80 feet; beam 24 feet; draft 10 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Portland, ME	1998-08-30
End	Woods Hole, MA	1998-09-03
Days in the field	5

Bounds

West	-70.6667
East	-70.25
North	42.4167
South	42.1667

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

Bradford Butman

Crew members

Bradford Butman	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Bradford Butman

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Steve Anderson, Rick Trask, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Affiliate staff

Rick Trask, Will Ostrom, Bob Weller, Jason Gobat - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:533,534,535,536,537,538,539; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
SBE 9 CTD	CTD	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-032-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Mass Bay IWAVE mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery