Field Activity 2003-048-FA

Identifier 2003-048-FA
Purpose Deploy tripods #720, 722, 724, 726, 728, 730, 731, 732 and 733.
Location Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic, Earth;
Summary First deployment of tripods. No data will be available until the recovery. Moorings deployed: 9 (#720, 722, 724, 726, 728, 731, 732 and 733, all recovered FA 04007 DAN MOORE Jan. 20-30, 2004; #730 recovered FA 04008 DAN MOORE Apr. 23-24, 2004).
Comments This field activity is associated with FA 03046, FA 04007 and FA 04008. See paper and electronic mooring logs for additional information regarding deployment and recovery dates and relationships between 720-series and 740-series moorings. Original Center People field contained: Shipping: Robert Barton; at sea: Jonathan Borden, Stephen Ruane, Marinna Martini, John Warner; shoreside prep in the field: Dan Hanes; instrument prep at WHFC: Andree Ramsey. Project = Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach
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Platform
Dan Moore
Length: 85 feet.
Itinerary
Start Wilmington, NC 2003-10-27
End Wilmington, NC 2003-10-28
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -78.86535645
East -77.19724776
North 33.80019792
South 33.62554698

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Marinna A Martini
Crew members
John C Warner
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Ramsey, Andree
Scientist, Staff
Ruane, Stephen
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Frances L Lightsom
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal University of South Carolina
Affiliate staff Dan Hanes (shoreside prep in the field); University of South Carolina (USC): George Voulgaris, Ben Gutierrez, Stefanie Olney, Duncan Smith, USC divers and students

Data types and categories

Data category: Visual Identification, Location-Elevation, Environmental Data, Time Series
Data type: Ground Truthing, Navigation, CTD, Temperature, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 720, 722, 724, 726, 728, 730, 731, 732, 733;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Temperature and salinity CTD, Temperature 1
Pressure Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
Turbidity Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
Current Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2003-048-FA-OM-001 Temperature and salinity Myrtle Beach mooring data Ellyn Montgomery
2003-048-FA-OM-002 Pressure Myrtle Beach mooring data Ellyn Montgomery
2003-048-FA-OM-003 Turbidity Myrtle Beach mooring data Ellyn Montgomery
2003-048-FA-OM-004 Current Myrtle Beach mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity