Other ID: none
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): Dann Blackwood, Lawrence Poppe
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Ground-truth NOAA multibeam surveys H11922 and H11996 in Rhode Island Sound.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2010-07-21
End Date: 2010-07-23
Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, Digital camera, DGPS
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Barry Irwin, Katherine McMullen
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Ground truthing will be done with the small SEABOSS. Platform will be the R/V RAFAEL.
Project = Sea and Lake Floor Mapping: Data off Cape Cod, Sea and Lake Floor Mapping: Data off Cape Cod
Location:
Rhode Island Sound, Rhode Island, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.37269 | South: 41.20759 | West: -71.543 | East: -70.8728 |
Platform(s):
 Rafael |
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., and Parker, C.E., 2014, Character, distribution, and ecological significance of storm wave-induced scour in Rhode Island Sound, USA: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 35, p.135-144, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00367-014-0392-0.
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Nadeau, M.A., and Wood, D.A., 2011, Surficial geology of the sea floor in central Rhode Island Sound, southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1005, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111005.
Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Irwin, B.J., Schaer, J.D., and Forrest, M.R., 2011, Sea-floor geology and character of eastern Rhode Island Sound west of Gay Head, Massachusetts: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1004, DVD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111004.
FAN 2010-033-FA has data viewable in the CMGP Video and Photograph Portal. View the data in this application here. See the instructions for working with this application.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 2010-033-FA-VD-001 (Hi8 Video tapes of sea-floor video from the SEABOSS system.) 2010-033-FA-NL-001 (SEABOSS-Video/Camera/Sample Log.) 2010-033-FA-VD-002 (Video DVDs of sea-floor video from the SEABOSS system. The DVD's are a better data source than Hi8 tapes.) |
| Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2010-033-FA-PH-002 (Photos of deck operations) |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation |
