Field Activity 2014-004-FA

Identifier 2014-004-FA
Purpose Set 9 moorings and 13 tripods
Location Fire Island, New York, Long Island Sound
Summary Tripods and watch buoys were deployed, sediment samples were collected for Grain Size analysis, bathymetry was collected with the jetyak
Info derived Time series data (currents, waves, pressure, salinity, temperature);Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments Sponsoring Office: Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Affiliate Principal and Organization (if any): Peter Traykovsky, WHOI Number of days at sea: 9 Project Maximum Weekly Overtime for Each: 40 hours Overtime Project Number: 13/14 GX13LQ00CNK0700 Will Field Activity be at Least Seven Calendar Days With No Port Call (to calculate shore leave)? No Affiliate Personnel and Organization (if any): Jay Sisson, WHOI Degree of Certainty: 90% Report Date: 2013-08-06 14:59:02
Projects
Platform
Connecticut
Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2014-02-03
End Woods Hole, MA 2014-02-13
Days in the field 9
Bounds
West -73.3269
East -73.15905151
North 40.66123835
South 40.61434993

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John C Warner
Crew members
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Dickhudt
Scientist, Staff
Ellyn Montgomery
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Ellyn Montgomery
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Bottom platform moorings and tripods were deployed at several sites Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology (no data reported)
Current Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Pressure Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Turbidity Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
All platform data from Fire Island Nearshore experiment 2014 Bottom platform Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity