Summary for Field Activity Number 77009

Alternate Leg: ID (Legs I,II,III,IV)

Area of Operations : Georges Bank, Great South Channel, New Jersey continental shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: Mar 8, 1977 to April 17, 1977

Chief scientist: Brad Butman
   

Objectives: The WHITE FOOT cruises were conducted to recover and deploy oceanographic instrumentation on Georges Bank and on the New Jersey Contintental Shelf. Due to severe winter weather and problems encountered in recovering instrumentation four trips were required to complete the necessary work. Objectives were: 1.Recover(#120) and deploy one tripod (#126) on Georges Bank. 2.Recover ARGO MERCHANT current meter array (three moorings #123,124,125). 3.Recover one tripod(#121) and surface buoy in Great South Channel (part of ARGO MERCHANT array). 4.Recover(#119) and deploy one tripod (#122) off New Jersey. 5.Make XBT observations to deteremine temperature structure in vicinity of current and tripod moorings.

Type of Activity: Mooring work

Information to be derived: Time series data

Summary: Recovered tripods:3(#119,120 both deployed #76047 OCEANUS 17 Dec. 3-10, 1976, 121 deployed #76048 WHITEFOOT Dec. 22-29, 1976); Recovered current meters:3(#123 deployed #76048 WHITEFOOT Dec. 22-29, 1976,124,125 both deployed #76049 OCEANUS 20 Dec. 28-29, 1976); Deployed tripods:2(#122,126 both recovered #77023 OCEANUS 29 Jul. 6-13, 1977); XBT s:41; Surface salinity samples:41;

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Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)