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Field Activity Details for field activity 1988-001-FA

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Other ID: S1-88-HT

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Barry Irwin

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of gravity, magnetics and bathymetry data in and around the waters of Haiti as specified by DMA requirements.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: La Guaira, Venezuela

End Port/Location: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 1988-01-29

End Date: 1988-02-06

Equipment Used: Racal/Decca Hyperfix, LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179, Echosounder, Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Kilometers surveyed:1898; Kilometers steamed: 2244.

Staff: David W. Folger, Barry Irwin

Affiliate Staff:
Robert Rowland - USGS-Reston
Juan Collado - USGS-Puerto Rico

Notes:
Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity

Location:

southwest Haiti, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 19.63776 South: 17.60214 West: -74.3137 East: -71.80664

Platform(s):

photo of Starella
Starella

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information and brief narrative.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Racal/Decca Hyperfix --- Navigation
LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 --- Gravity
Echosounder --- Single Beam
1988-001-FA-SO-001 (analog tape of seismic data)
1988-001-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data)
Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system --- Navigation
1988-001-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of PROCESSED NV/PLOT, RAW NV, )

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