Field Activity 2022-020-FA

Identifier 2022-020-FA
Purpose Measure greenhouse gas (methane and CO2) distribution in sediment and water and fluxes across sea-air interface
Location Chesapeake Bay
Summary Conduct daily surveys at 5 sites from the freshwater to saline portion of the bay. Daily surveys include chirp sonar, sediment coring and water column profiling
Info derived surface water gas concentration subsurface water gas concentration sediment gas distribution
Projects
Platform
Rachel Carson (Univ. Maryland)
Length: 81-feet; Beam: 18 ft (5.5 m).
Itinerary
Start Solomons MD, USA 2022-07-22
End Solomons MD, USA 2022-08-01
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -77.55
East -75.58
North 39.55
South 36.86

Personnel

Organization
P.O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD21613
410-228-9250
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Pohlman
Crew members
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Michael Casso
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Laura Lapham, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sampling, Environmental Data, Geochemical
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Chemistry, CO2, Methane, CTD, Surveys (geochemical)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Rhizons Chemistry (no data reported)
Pore water sampling Chemistry (no data reported)
Niskin bottle Chemistry (no data reported)
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) CO2, Methane, Experiments (geochemical), Surveys (geochemical), Chemistry (no data reported)
SBE 9 CTD CTD (no data reported)
USGS-GAS Surveys (geochemical), Experiments (geochemical), Chemistry, Geochemical Monitoring, CO2, Methane (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity