Field Activity 2006-017-FA

Identifier 2006-017-FA
Purpose Collect seed data (radon and resistivity) on submarine groundwater discharge adjacent to Fire Island and Long Island for full proposal.
Location Watch Hill area, Fire Island, Great South Bay, Long Island, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Reconnaissance data only for purpose of submitting a proposal (which was funded, so it paid off!). Real data to be collected in 2008, 2009 and possibly 2010.
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments Original Center People field contained: John Crusius, Chief Scientist; Dirk Koopmans, Contract Technician.
URL
Platform
Small Boat
Itinerary
Start Patchogue, NY 2006-05-31
End Patchogue, NY 2006-06-02
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -73.5
East -72.5
North 41
South 40.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Crusius
Crew members
John Crusius
Scientist, Staff
Koopmans, Dirk
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Koopmans, Dirk
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Patti Rafferty, NPS
Affiliate staff NPS boat driver (Patti Rafferty)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Environmental Data
Data type: Navigation, Radon

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
RAD7 radon detection instrument Radon (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity