In the Field; Land, Sea, and Air
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center scientists and staff study coastal and ocean resources and processes from the land, sea, and air, to shorelines and estuaries to the continental shelf, deep sea, lake floor, river bottoms and shallow subsurfaces environments. We have implemented new safety and fieldwork processes to maintain social distancing to ensure the safety of our employees and communities while following guidance from federal, state and local authorities.
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity Calendar
Location |
Dates |
Scientific Purpose |
Information to be Derived |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Delta River Front | Fall 2022 | Geophysical mapping of the Mississippi Delta River Front | Bathymetry, sub-bottom, backscatter, testing of multicorer |
| Gulf of Mexico | Fall 2022 | Multicorer deployments (grain size analyses) and subbottom profiling operations within the impact zone and reference areas in the northern Gulf of Mexico in response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler |
| Assateague Island, MD | Fall 2022 | Collect aerial imagery to use in vegetation classification models and elevation surface models in selected locations in the Assateague Island National Seashore. |
Multispectral imagery (Micasense RGB, NIR, RedEdge) and RGB images (Ricoh)x to generate structure-from-motion Point clouds, DEMs, and orthos using collected GCPs (plus additional rtk check points) and georeferenced images. |
| Deadhorse, AK | Fall 2022 | To collect sediment, gas and water samples from a gas hydrate reservoir system as the system is cored, then collect gas and water as the gas hydrate reservoir itself is depressurized to release methane from the gas hydrate. |
To collect sediment, gas and water samples from a gas hydrate reservoir system as the system is cored, then collect gas and water as the gas hydrate reservoir itself is depressurized to release methane from the gas hydrate. |
| Cape Cod National Seashore, MA | ongoing | To characterize the beach and nearshore morphology and evaluate the USGS Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast |
Use of CoastCam camera station to visualize and map the beach and nearshore region to determine the types of bar morphologies, their persistence and temporal variability, and the relationship of these changes to wave and water-level conditions |
| Wellfleet, MA | ongoing | Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data, and pore-water collection for chemistry analysis in a salt marsh study site to examine environmental geochemistry and the impact of olivine amendments on salt marsh environments. |
Time-series sensor data soil temperature; well porewater and surface water CTD measurements. Discrete gas flux measurements of CO2 and CH4 from study site wetland vegetation sites will correspond with pore-water collections for chemical constituents (including DOC,DIC, Alkalinity, Chloride, Sulfate) and multi-parameter YSI measurements. |
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.
- Overview
In the Field; Land, Sea, and Air
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center scientists and staff study coastal and ocean resources and processes from the land, sea, and air, to shorelines and estuaries to the continental shelf, deep sea, lake floor, river bottoms and shallow subsurfaces environments. We have implemented new safety and fieldwork processes to maintain social distancing to ensure the safety of our employees and communities while following guidance from federal, state and local authorities.
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Field Activity Calendar
Location
Dates
Scientific Purpose
Information to be Derived
Mississippi Delta River Front Fall 2022 Geophysical mapping of the Mississippi Delta River Front Bathymetry, sub-bottom, backscatter, testing of multicorer Gulf of Mexico Fall 2022 Multicorer deployments (grain size analyses) and subbottom profiling operations
within the impact zone and reference areas in the northern Gulf of Mexico
in response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spillSampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler Assateague Island, MD Fall 2022 Collect aerial imagery to use in vegetation classification models and
elevation surface models in selected locations in the Assateague Island National Seashore.Multispectral imagery (Micasense RGB, NIR, RedEdge) and RGB images (Ricoh)x to generate structure-from-motion Point clouds,
DEMs, and orthos using collected GCPs (plus additional rtk check points) and georeferenced images.Deadhorse, AK Fall 2022 To collect sediment, gas and water samples from a gas hydrate
reservoir system as the system is cored, then collect gas and water as the gas hydrate
reservoir itself is depressurized to release methane from the gas hydrate.To collect sediment, gas and water samples from a gas hydrate reservoir system as the system is cored,
then collect gas and water as the gas hydrate reservoir itself is depressurized to release methane
from the gas hydrate.Cape Cod National Seashore, MA ongoing To characterize the beach and nearshore morphology and evaluate the
USGS Total Water Level and Coastal Change ForecastUse of CoastCam camera station to visualize and map the beach and nearshore region
to determine the types of bar morphologies, their persistence and temporal variability,
and the relationship of these changes to wave and water-level conditionsWellfleet, MA ongoing Continuous monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature,
soil temperature and meteorological data, and pore-water collection for chemistry analysis
in a salt marsh study site to examine environmental geochemistry and the impact of
olivine amendments on salt marsh environments.Time-series sensor data soil temperature; well porewater and surface water CTD measurements.
Discrete gas flux measurements of CO2 and CH4 from study site wetland vegetation sites will correspond with
pore-water collections for chemical constituents (including DOC,DIC, Alkalinity, Chloride, Sulfate) and multi-parameter YSI measurements.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.USGS technicians Eric Moore, Wayne Baldwin, and Tom O'Brien ready the 72-channel digital streamer for deployment on the research vessel Pelican during a cruise to explore gas hydrates in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Scenic view of the salt mashes at Assateague Island National Seashore
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Regional map showing historical (1932-2004) wetland losses and geologic setting of the Mississippi River delta plain,