Field Activity 2014-060-FA

Identifier 2014-060-FA
Purpose Turnaround (recovery, download, re-battery, reprogram, redeploy) instruments to collect time series data to support evaluations of sediment transport and wetland stability, which will support development of models of storm impacts on estuarine health, vulnerability of adjacent communities, and sustainability of restored and natural wetlands.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, United States, Estuary
Summary Current, turbidity, water level, water temperature, and suspended sediment concentration data.
Info derived Currents, turbidity, water level, water temperature, suspended sediment concentration.
Comments Platforms- Rutgers 20' Maritime Skiff; Vehicle- USGS Suburban. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-047-FA (All time series data will be associated with this FA#). Jordan Rosencranz will be participating in this field activity.
Projects
Platform
Rutgers 20 foot Maritime Skiff
Rutgers 20 foot Maritime Skiff
Itinerary
Start Falmouth, MA 2014-10-06
End Tuckerton, NJ 2014-10-09
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -74.393
East -73.94
North 40.137
South 39.487

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Neil Kamal Ganju
Crew members
(not identified)
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Dickhudt
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Steven E Suttles
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Visual navigation Navigation (no data reported)
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity