Post Field Activity Information for 91003
| Alternate number: | 0C234 |
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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: | William Strahle |
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Affiliate Principal
(if any): | James Irish - UNH |
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| Area of Operations: | Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Basin, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 42.53 |
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| South: | 42.1 |
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| West: | -70.62 |
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| East: | -70.24 |
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| Start and End Dates: | January 31, 1991 to February 1, 1991 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole, MA |
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| Days at Sea: | 2 |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | Mooring work |
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| 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. |
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| Information to be derived: | Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations |
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | |
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | William Strahle, Michael Bothner, Richard Rendigs, Joseph Newell, Carol Parmenter, David Mason, Adam Brown |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | James Irish, Kenneth Maury, John Wallinga - UNH; David Nergaard - EG&G |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Scientific Equipment: | 2 Tripods, 2 Subsurface moorings, Drifters, Guard Buoy
UNH: 2 Guard Buoys, 2 subsurface moorings |
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| Navigation techniques used: | |
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| Summary of Results: | Deployed USGS Moorings: 4 (#369, 370, 371 and 372). Box cores: 8. Deployed UNH surface buoy and current meters: 2. Deployed UNH pressure gauge: 1. Deployed Surface drifters: 2 (#8172 and 8173). |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | 6 |
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| Station Description: | |
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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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| Track Plot: | |
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| Related Web Sites: | http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html |
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| Remarks: | |
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| Contact: | William Strahle () |
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Report Date: 19:25 8/15/2005 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
