USGS Woods Hole, MA Field Activity Report for 03011

Alternate number:

PASTA

Platform:

SEWARD JOHNSON II

Submersible:

Owner-Operator:

Harbor Branch Foundation, Ft. Pierce, FL

Captain:

Center Principal:

Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Principal
(if any):

Office of Naval Research (funding); Chuck Nittrouer (Univ. of Washington)

Area of Operations:

Chienti River, Civitinova, Italy, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Atlantic

Bounding Coordinates

North:

45.5

South:

41.75

West:

12.25

East:

16.25

Start and End Dates:

February 11, 2003 to February 22, 2003

Start and End Ports:

from Ravenna, Italy to Ravenna, Italy

Days at Sea:

Project Number:

2921-AND06 - Project Description

Project Title:

EuroSTRATAFORM

Cruise Funding Source:

Office of Naval Research

Contract:

Type of Activity:

Sampling
Mooring work
Seafloor mapping
Photography

Objectives:

Service EuroSTRATAFORM moorings and tripods; perform sidescan-sonar surveys.

Information to be derived:

Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Sea Floor Map

Data Types (and Media) Produced:

Photos, various digital

Scientific Party
(USGS):

Christopher Sherwood, Lead USGS Scientist; Marinna Martinni, Instrument tech; Dann Blackwood, Backup diver, Photographer; Charles Chuck Worley, Backup diver, sidescan tech; Joanne Ferreira (Menlo), Instrument tech; Hank Chezar (Menlo), Instrument tech

Scientific Party
(affiliate):

Chuck Nittrouer, Univ. Washington, Project leader; Paul Hill, Dalhousie, P.I.; Rob Wheatcroft, OSU, P.I.; Pat Wiberg, U. Virginia, P.I.; Stefano Misserochi, IGM/CNR, P.I.; Andrea Ogston, U. Washington, P.I.; Gail Kineke, Boston College, P.I.; Rocky Geyer, WHOI, P.I.; Dick Sternberg, Univ. of Washington, P.I.; Peter Traykovski, WHOI, P.I.; Tim Milligan, Bedford Inst., P.I.; Leo Langone, IGM/CNR, P.I.; Pere Puig, ICM/CSIC, P.I.

Data Curator:

Fran Lightsom

Scientific Equipment:

Navigation-GPS
Sensors-temperature and salinity
Sensors-turbidity
Sensor-current
Sidescan-Edgetech
Three tripods with multiple instruments (Seabird seacats and microcats, Sontek PCADPs, Sontek ADVs, Aquatec ABS, Benthos transponders, RDI ADCPs, SeaTech transmissometers, D&A OBS, Seastar transmissometers)
Box corers, tripods, moorings, benthic landers, x-radiographs, water-column profilers

Navigation techniques used:

GPS

Summary of Results:

Moorings recovered:3(#701,702,703 all deployed FA 02053 GARCIA DEL CID Nov. 7-13, 2002.); Moorings deployed:3(#711,712,713 all recovered FA 03012 SEWARD JOHNSON II May 26 - Jun. 3, 2003); Sidescan survey: These data were returned to USGS-Woods Hole for processing.

Number of Stations Occupied:

Station Description:

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2003/04/research.html

Number of Submersible Dives:

Continuous Data (in Km):

Seismic Line Descriptions:

Track Plot:

Related Web Sites:

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2003/04/

Remarks:

Diving in turbid water to 20 m.

Contact:

Christopher Sherwood (csherwood@usgs.gov)

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