Post Field Activity Information for 87005
| Alternate number: | OC181-Leg 1 |
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| Platform: | |
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| Submersible: | |
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| Owner-Operator: | WHOI, Woods Hole, MA |
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| Captain: | Paul Howland-Master-WHOI |
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| Center Principal: | Brad Butman |
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Affiliate Principal
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| Area of Operations: | Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 43.5 |
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| South: | 41.2 |
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| West: | -71 |
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| East: | -65.5 |
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| Start and End Dates: | February 5, 1987 to February 15, 1987 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Woods Hole, MA to Portsmouth, NH |
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| Days at Sea: | 11 |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | Mooring work
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| Objectives: | The OCEANUS cruise was part of a continuing study of the hydrography, circulation and sediment transport in the Gulf of Maine. The specific objectives of the cruise were to: 1.) Conduct a detailed hydrographic survey of the Gulf of Maine; 2.) Recover 2 moorings in the Northeast Channel; 3.) Deploy 1 subsurface mooring in Rodgers Pass; 4.) Deploy instrumentation (3 tripods, 1 subsurface mooring and 3 surface buoys) in Massachusetts Bay. |
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| Information to be derived: | Times series data
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | |
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | Brad Butman (Chi-Sci); John Moody; Richard Rendigs; Mary Polly Shoukimas; William Strahle; |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | Wendell Brown (UNH); Karen Garrison (UNH); DanielHoward (UNH); Charlie Flagg (Brookhaven Lab); William Behrens (Brookhaven Lab); Andrew Eliason (Eliason Data Services); Dana Wiese (WHOI); |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Scientific Equipment: | Mooring gear
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| Summary of Results: | Deployed USGS moorings: 6(#317,318,319 no recovery information; #320,321,322, recovered #87020 WHITE HEATH May 12, 1987; #323 recovered #887005 OCEANUS 181); Recovered Moorings: #323 deployed this cruise; UNH buoy adrift-recovered lower half; Brookhaven instrument package; Nonresponsive mooring: 1 (USGS #314 deployed #86017 GYRE Aug 21-Sep 2, 1986); CTD: 95; Suspended sediment samples:282; Oxygen samples:92 |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | 95 |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: | |
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| Continuous Data (in Km): | |
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| Seismic Line Descriptions: | |
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| Related Web Sites: | |
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| Remarks: | |
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| Contact: | Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov) |
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Report Date: 18:41 12/1/2005 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
