Field Activity 1984-031-FA

Identifier 1984-031-FA
Alternate names 154
Purpose This is a WHOI physical oceanography-currents cruise to the northwest Atlantic, part of the long-term upper ocean study. WHOI deployed USGS mooring #283 on Mud Patch as replacement for a possibly failed tripod, on behalf of WHSC.
Location Mud Patch, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Mooring deployed: 1 (#283, recovered FA 84024 OCEANUS 159 Nov. 13-20, 1984).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments This was a WHOI cruise; no USGS personnel aboard.
Related activities
1984-024-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Oceanus
Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1984-05-16
End Woods Hole, MA 1984-05-23
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -70.14286964
East -69.93679608
North 39.9642569
South 39.7961096

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Affiliate principal Melbourne G. Briscoe - WHOI
Affiliate staff M. Briscoe - WHOI, Ch. Sci.; David Simoneau - WHOI, Sr. Research Assistant

Data types and categories

Data category: Time Series
Data type: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:; DEP:283;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1984-031-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform NE slope mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity