Other ID: AST95-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct detailed (continuous) 100 kHz sidescan sonar surveys in Niantic Bay, Connecticut, and in Fishers Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1995-06-06
End Date: 1995-06-12
Equipment Used: DGPS, Klein 531 sidescan, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, 3.5 kHz, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
LISRC
CT-DEP - R. Lewis
M.Cohen
D. Toderlund - USCG
Notes: Original Center People field contained: K. Parolski - physical scientist.
Project = Long Island Sound Environmental Studies, Long Island Sound Environmental Studies
Location:
Long Island Sound, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.3067 | South: 40.74726 | West: -73.8995 | East: -71.53748 |
Platform(s):
 Asterias |
Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Parker, C.E., Lewit, P.G., and Doran, E.F., 2010, Integrated multibeam and LIDAR bathymetry data offshore of New London and Niantic, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1231, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091231.
Poppe, L.J., Polloni, C., eds., 1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (98-502), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98502.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, sidescan sonar line list, trackmaps. |
| Q-Mips log | Klein 531 sidescan | Q-Mips sidescan sonar log containing line and file names, and start and end times. Includes typed copy of information. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | DGPS navigation log containing line and disk number, times, positions, course, and waypoints. Has printout of trackline navigation in format compatible with Mapgen. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | DGPS navigation printout with some handwritten annotations. |
| Seismic log | 3.5 kHz | Seismic log describing 3.5 kHz configuration, line number and position and comments. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1995-011-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV DGPS L1-16, NAV DGPS L17-23, NAV DGPS L23-28, NAV DGPS L29-32, NAV DGPS, NAV DGPS L35-36, NAV DGPS L36-38, NAV DGPS L38-44, NAV DGPS L44, NAV DGPS L1-4, NAV DGPS L4-5, NAV DGPS L5-8, NAV DGPS, NAV DGPS L21-25, NAV DGPS EDITED, ) |
| Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1995-011-FA-SO-002-01 (Niantic Bay Sidescan Data) 1995-011-FA-SO-002-02 (Fishers Island Sidescan Data) 1995-011-FA-SO-001 (Digital tape(s) of SSS-LINE1-16, SSS-LINE17-32, SSS-LINE33-44, SSS-LINE1-8, SSS-LINE9-26, SSS-LINE8, ) 1995-011-FA-SO-002 (DVD ROM disk of RAW SSS LIS, ) |
| Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1995-011-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) 1995-011-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) |
| ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder | --- | Single Beam |
