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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-002-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): David Foster

Affiliate Investigator(s): Pat Hart, PCMSC

Information Specialist(s): David Foster

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure the acoustic characteristics of high-resolution geophysical sources

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Lewes, Delaware

End Port/Location: Lewes, Delaware

Start Date: 2016-06-26

End Date: 2016-07-16

Equipment Used: Other, Sparker , S-Boom seismic source, Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler, GPS (wh), Other, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, Klein 3000, Air gun, Edgetech 4200 sidescan, Multibeam swath bathymetry, Bubble pulse, Boomer, Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler

Information to be Derived: CSA Ocean Sciences will collected acoustic measurements for a suite of high-resolution geophysical sources used within CMGP.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The data from this cruise was collected by CSA, a contractor for BOEM. The data are being analyzed, compiled, and reported to BOEM. USGS does not hold any data from this field activity.

Staff: Emile Bergeron, William Danforth, David Foster, Alexander Nichols, Thomas O'Brien, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Receivers for seismic/sub-bottom systems will be hydrophone arrays deployed on moorings, which are provided by CSA.

Location:

U.S. mid-Atlantic inner continental shelf to shelf edge

Boundaries
North: 39.44255653 South: 36.00229456 West: -75.9595 East: -67.98291016

Platform(s):

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Hugh R. Sharp

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Other --- --- ---
Sparker This equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Sparker
No data was collected
S-Boom seismic sourceThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Boomer
No data was collected
Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom ProfilerThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Sub Bottom Profiler
No data was collected
GPS (wh)This GPS navigation were recorded for CSA. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Navigation
No data was collected
Other --- --- ---
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHzThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Interferometric
No data was collected
Klein 3000This equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Sidescan
No data was collected
Air gunThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Air Gun / Water Gun
No data was collected
Edgetech 4200 sidescanThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Sidescan
No data was collected
Multibeam swath bathymetryThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Multibeam
No data was collected
Bubble pulseThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Bubble Gun
No data was collected
BoomerThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Boomer
No data was collected
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512iThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Sub Bottom Profiler
No data was collected
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profilerThis equipment transmitted acoustic signals that were recorded by CSA hydrophone arrays. The data are presented to BOEM in a report by CSA. USGS does not hold the data from this system.Sub Bottom Profiler
No data was collected

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