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

Field Activity 2000-048-FA

Identifier 2000-048-FA
Alternate names IB A-48-00-MA
Purpose Deploy NOPP Tripod and Mooring with WHOI; recover USGS Tripod #593 that failed to respond in Feb. USGS divers will be utilized.
Location Scituate, Masschusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Mooring deployed: 1 (#615 recovered FA 00003 MARCUS HANNA May 9-10, 2000). Mooring recovered: 1 (#593 deployed FA 99009 MARCUS HANNA Sep. 22, 1999).
Comments This is a joint cruise, concerning our involvement with the NOPP Acoustic Modem Project. We will also be using the time to recover our Scituate Tripod that did not respond during the Feb. turnaround. Divers will be used for this recovery. Data Curator: WHOI. Project = NOPP, NOPP
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Platform
Christopher Andrew
Length: 62 feet; Beam: 20 feet.
Itinerary
Start Scituate, MA 2000-03-28
End Scituate, MA 2000-03-29
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.65
East -70.6
North 42.2
South 42.15

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jonathan Borden
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
PARTNER,
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dan Frye - WHOI
Affiliate staff Lary Ball - WHOI, Jonathan Ware - WHOI, Paul Bouchard - WHOI

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:593; DEP:615;

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
2000-048-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity