Post Field Activity Information for 04008
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| Platform: | |
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| Owner-Operator: | Cape Fear Community College |
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| Captain: | Steve Beuth |
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| Center Principal: | Marinna Martini |
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Affiliate Principal
(if any): | George Voulgaris - USC |
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| Area of Operations: | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 33.77 |
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| South: | 33.64 |
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| West: | -78.85 |
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| East: | -78.68 |
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| Start and End Dates: | April 22, 2004 to April 24, 2004 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Wilmington Beach, NC to Wilmington Beach, NC |
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| Days at Sea: | 3 |
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| Project Number: | 2921-0EJ11 - Project Description |
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| Project Title: | South Carolina Coastal Erosion Studies |
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| Cruise Funding Source: | Carolina mapping and sediment studies |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | Mooring work |
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| Objectives: | Recover 14 tripods & buoys in two legs. These are mooring numbers 730, 740-749, and 751-753. |
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| Information to be derived: | Time series data
Suspended Sediment Concentrations |
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | time series, sediment samples, images
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | In the field: John Warner - Chief Scientist, Marinna Martini, Jonathan Borden, Richard Rendigs, Stephen Ruane; at WHFC: Philip Bernard - shipping. |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | University of South Carolina: George Voulgaris, Benjamin Gutierrez, Stephanie Olney, Young Kim, Rosaria Hector |
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| Data Curator: | Fran Lightsom |
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| Scientific Equipment: | Bottom Tripod
Mooring gear
Sensors-temperature and salinity
Sensors-pressure
Sensors-turbidity
Sensor-current
Tripods
Data loggers
instrumentation and moorings
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| Navigation techniques used: | DGPS |
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| Summary of Results: | These are mooring numbers 730, 740-749, and 751-753. Note that three days were spent aboard ship. Moorings recovered: 14 (#730, deployed FA 03048 DAN MOORE Oct. 27-28, 2003; #740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 751, 752 and 753 all deployed FA 04007 DAN MOORE Jan. 20-30, 2004). |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | 14 |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: | |
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| Remarks: | This field activity is associated with FA 03046, FA 03048 and FA 04007. See paper and electronic mooring logs for additional information regarding deployment and recovery dates and relationships between 720-series and 740-series moorings. |
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| Contact: | Marinna Martini (mmartini@usgs.gov) |
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Report Date: 12:00 7/30/2008 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
