Alternate Leg ID: OC181-Leg 1 Area of Operations: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic Dates: February 5, 1987 to February 15, 1987 Chief scientist: Brad Butman
Objectives: The OCEANUS cruise was part of a continuing study of the hydrography, circulation and sediment transport in the Gulf of Maine. The specific objectives of the cruise were to: 1.) Conduct a detailed hydrographic survey of the Gulf of Maine; 2.) Recover 2 moorings in the Northeast Channel; 3.) Deploy 1 subsurface mooring in Rodgers Pass; 4.) Deploy instrumentation (3 tripods, 1 subsurface mooring and 3 surface buoys) in Massachusetts Bay. Type of Activity: Mooring work
Information to be derived: Time series data
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Summary: Deployed USGS moorings: 6(#317,318,319 no recovery information; #320,321,322, recovered #87020 WHITE HEATH May 12, 1987; #323 recovered #887005 OCEANUS 181); Recovered Moorings: #323 deployed this cruise; UNH buoy adrift-recovered lower half; Brookhaven instrument package; Nonresponsive mooring: 1 (USGS #314 deployed #86017 GYRE Aug. 21 - Sep. 2, 1986); CTD: 95; Suspended sediment samples:282; Oxygen samples:92 USGS Project Number:
Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)
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