1998-048-FA (CMHRP activity #1491)

Field Activity 1998-048-FA

Identifier

1998-048-FA

Alternate names

S-48-98-SC

Purpose

Deploy moorings and tripods #544-550 in Santa Monica Bay, Los Angeles shelf area.

Location

Santa Monica Bay, southern California 35m site, 70m site, 435m site, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Summary

These are USGS mooring numbers 544-550. Moorings deployed: 7 (#544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549 and 550 all recovered FA 99010 SPROUL Apr. 1-3, 1999).

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: William Strahle: shore mobilization; Marinna Martini, Jon Borden, Richard Rendigs: shore mobilization and cruise support; Joseph Newell: Shipping; Robert Barton: Cleanup/repair. Project = Pollution and waste disposal - LA shelf, Pollution and waste disposal - LA shelf

Platform

Robert Gordon Sproul

Length: 125 feet; Beam: 32 feet.

Itinerary

Start	San Diego, CA	1998-12-03
End	San Diego, CA	1998-12-06
Days in the field	4

Bounds

West	-118.63691145
East	-118.49369086
North	33.94592326
South	33.92400589

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

Marinna A Martini

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Frances L Lightsom

Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

Cruise support for Geoprobe and deployment: George Tate, Joanne Ferreira, Hank Chezar and Dave ? from USGS-Menlo Park

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:544,545,546,547,548,549,550;

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
DGPS		Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-048-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery