Summary for Field Activity Number 91003

Alternate Leg: ID (0C234)

Area of Operations : Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Basin, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: January 31, 1991 to February 1, 1991

Chief scientist: William Strahle
   James Irish-UNH

Objectives: Deploy surface buoys and instrumentation at 6 sites in Greater Massachusetts Bay. This winter experiment is designed to study the resuspension and transport of fine-grained sediments by winter storms.

Type of Activity: Mooring work;

Information to be derived: Times series data;Samples and Chemical Analysis;Grain size analysis;Suspended Sediment Concentrations;

Summary: Deployed USGS Moorings:4 (#369, 370, 371, 372); Box cores: 8; Deployed UNH surface buoy and current meters:2 Deployed UNH pressure gauge:1 Deployed Surface drifter:2 (#8172, 8173)

USGS Project Number:

Contact: William Strahle ()