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Post Field Activity Information for 99006

Alternate number:OC354
Platform:
Submersible:
Owner-Operator:WHOI, Woods Hole, MA
Captain:Courtenay Barber, III
Center Principal:Brad Butman
Affiliate Principal
(if any):
Peter Traykovski - WHOI
Area of Operations:New York Bight, Hudson Shelf Valley, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Bounding Coordinates
North:40.67
South:39.83
West:-74
East:-73
Start and End Dates:December 3, 1999 to December 7, 1999
Start and End Ports:from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole, MA
Days at Sea:5
Project Number: 7241-32041
Project Title:Pollutant Trans. and Accum. in the NY-NJ Met Reg.
Cruise Funding Source:SIR
Contract:
Type of Activity:Sampling
Photography
Mooring work
Objectives:Deploy moorings on shelf and in Hudson Shelf Valley; conduct bottom video and sampling, hydrography.
Information to be derived:Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Time series data
Data Types (and Media) Produced:Video, tapes, grab samples
Scientific Party
(USGS):
Brad Butman - Chi Sci; Dann Blackwood - Bottom video, sampling; Jonathan Borden - Moorings; Jessica Cote - Moorings; Jane Denny - Navigation,GIS; Benjamin Gutierrez - CTD, sampling; Courtney Harris - CTD, sampling, moorings; Jason Hyatt - Moorings; Marinna Martini - Moorings; Ellen Mecray - Sampling; Richard Rendigs - Mooring; Marilyn ten Brink - Sampling; David Walsh - Moorings; Mobilization: Joseph Newell, Robert Barton
Scientific Party
(affiliate):
Peter Traykovski - WHOI: Sampling, ABS
Data Curator:Brad Butman
Scientific Equipment:Tripods (6)
surface buoys (5)
bottom grab sampler
video and winch
navigation
Mooring winch, ABS and LIST, CTD from WHOI/Oceanus
Navigation techniques used:Differential GPS
Summary of Results:Moorings deployed: 11 (#594, 595, 596, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602, 603 and 604 all recovered FA 00013 ENDEAVOR Apr. 14-18, 2000; #597 recovered FA 00054 CONNECTICUT Jun. 27-29, 2000).
Number of Stations Occupied:77
Station Description:http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-217/index.htm
Number of Submersible Dives:
Continuous Data (in Km):
Seismic Line Descriptions:
Track Plot:
Related Web Sites:
Remarks:WHOI cruise ID OC354; USGS Moorings #594 thru 604.
Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

Report Date: 15:31 2/15/2006

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