1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity ID610MB

Identifier ID610MB
Alternate names I-D6-10-MB
Purpose Measure current profiles in the bottom of Monterey Canyon
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Jingping Xu. An ADCP with T/S Sensor will be deployed for a year in 1800m water depth, along with two Transmissometers data of field activity I-D6-10-MB in Monterey Canyon from 03/08/2010 to 03/08/2010
Location Monterey Canyon
Info derived Current Profiles, Water Density, Suspended Sediment
Comments related activity: I-R6-11-MB recovery of instruments deployed in this activity.
Projects
Platform
Western Flyer
117' twin hull MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing 2010-03-08
End Moss Landing 2010-03-08
Bounds
West -122.5
East -121.75
North 37
South 36.75
Activity An ADCP with T/S Sensor will be deployed for a year in 1800m water depth, along with two Transmissometers

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jingping Xu
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Kurt Rosenberger
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Time Series
Data type: Photo, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
tripod Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
camera Photo (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity