Post Field Activity Information for 97034
| Alternate number: | OC306 |
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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 C. Howland - WHOI, Master |
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| Center Principal: | William Strahle |
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Affiliate Principal
(if any): | Ronald Schlitz - NMFS-NOAA |
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| Area of Operations: | Great South Channel, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 40.85 |
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| South: | 40.2 |
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| West: | -69.2 |
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| East: | -68 |
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| Start and End Dates: | June 19, 1997 to June 22, 1997 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole, MA |
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| Days at Sea: | 4 |
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| Project Number: | 7241-62310 |
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| Project Title: | GLOBEC |
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| Cruise Funding Source: | NSF |
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| Contract: | OCE-9632349 |
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| Type of Activity: | Mooring work
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| Objectives: | Replace buoys #482, 483 and 484 whose towers had been removed by vandals. |
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| Information to be derived: | Time series data
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | none |
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | William Strahle, Eric Haase, Marinna Martini, Joseph Newell, Richard Rendigs, Michael Taylor |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | WHOI: James Irish, Dennis Fox, Patrick OMalley, Stanley Rosenblad, William Williams |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Scientific Equipment: | Site 3: 40d51.798N, 68d40.013W. Surface Mooring 482 (VMCM, Seacat)
Site 2: 40d51.249N, 68d49.006W. Surface Mooring 483
Site 9: 40d42.000N, 68d40.497W. Surface Mooring 484
Site 1: 40d48.992N, 69d09.026W. Surface Mooring 494C (VACM).
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| Navigation techniques used: | |
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| Summary of Results: | Moorings recovered and repaired: 3 (#482, 483 and 484, deployed FA 97008 OCEANUS OC296 Jan. 12-17, 1997). Moorings deployed: 4 (#482A, 483A and 484A, final recovery FA 97039 OCEANUS Aug. 16-27, 1997; and #494A deployed FA 97008, no recovery information, redeployed this cruise FA 97034, no final recovery information). |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | 3 |
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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: | |
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| Remarks: | |
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| Contact: | Marinna Martini (mmartini@usgs.gov) |
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Report Date: 14:03 2/21/2006 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
