Deployment: MACKINAW_Winter2013

Deployment: 
MACKINAW_Winter2013
Principal Investigator: 
Robert Michael McKay (Bowling Green State University, BGSU)
Synonyms: 
Operation Taconite
Platform:
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2013-01-29
End Date: 
2013-02-02
Location: 
Laurentian Great Lakes (mainly Lakes Huron, Michigan and connecting waterways)
Description

Note: There is no official cruise id.  "MACKINAW_Winter2013" was generated by BCO-DMO staff.
The 2013 winter Coast guard ice-breaking operation on Lake Erie is called “Operation Taconite”
which has been assigned as a primary synonym for the cruise.

The locations list was generated from the station locations contributed with the data.

For additional information see:
Collecting Winter Data on U.S. Coast Guard Icebreakers
Study Plan for the U.S. Coast Guard Survey of Lake Erie in Winter 2012-13