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

Field Activity 2004-023-FA

Identifier 2004-023-FA
Purpose Recover Boston and Scituate tripods.
Location Scituate, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Success. Recovered Tripods: 2 (#717 and 719 both deployed FA 03043 MARCUS HANNA Sep. 24-25, 2003).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden, Deck Boss; Charles Worley, Dive Master; Richard Rendigs, Diver; Dann Blackwood, Diver; Robert Barton, MOB; Marinna Martini, MOB; Stephen Ruane, MOB. Project = Massachusetts Bay Experiment, Massachusetts Bay Experiment
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Platform
Christopher Andrew
Length: 62 feet; Beam: 20 feet.
Itinerary
Start Scituate, MA 2004-04-07
End Scituate, MA 2004-04-08
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.84347586
East -70.80147049
North 42.40013628
South 42.3712556

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
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Ruane, Stephen
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series, Visual Identification
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography), Ground Truthing

Moorings

RCV: 717, 719; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)
SCUBA Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
Digital camera Photo 1
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2004-023-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery
2004-023-FA-PH-001 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity