Summary for Field Activity Number 2006-042-FA

Area of Operations: Tampa Bay, Florida, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: February 14, 2006 to February 17, 2006

Objectives: Day trips to field test LISST equipment; deploy Mooring #814.

Type of Activity: Mooring work
Sampling

Information to be derived: Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis

Summary: 2/14 - 2/15: Tested equipment. 2/16: First attempt to deploy mooring #814 (failed) in Tampa Bay. 2/17: Successfully deployed mooring #814 in Tampa Bay and ran additional tests; collected sediment samples for grain size analysis.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Marinna Martini (mmartini@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier B-42-06-FL. Visit this site for more information.

Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
SMALL BOAT

The following materials for this field activity are available in the Information Archives: