Summary for Field Activity Number 78035

Area of Operations : Continental Shelf south of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: October 29, 1978 to November 2, 1978

Chief scientist: Brad Butman
   
   

Objectives: Replace bottom tripod system (#157) deployed on ATLANTIS II 103(#78031) suspected of malfunctioning; deploy additional surface marker buoy at station for additional protection from bottom trawling; attempt to recover by grappling subsurface current mooring #162. (Trawler OCEAN STATE from Pt. Judith, RI fished up entire mooring. Flotation was returned but 1 VACM-TR and release dropped to bottom when chain parted.)

Type of Activity: Mooring work
XBT, surface salinity samples

Information to be derived: Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis

Summary: Deployed Tripod:1 (mooring#166 recovered #79002 OCEANUS Mar. 6-15, 1979); Deployed Subsurface current mooring:1(mooring #167 recovered #79002 OCEANUS 056 Mar. 6-15, 1979); Recovered Tripod:1(mooring #157 deployed #78031 ATLANTIS II Sep. 28 - Oct. 5, 1978); XBT:4; Surface salinity samples:4;

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Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)