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Field Activity Details for field activity 06SCC01

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Other ID: G106LA

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Nick Ferina

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Arnell Forde

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Seafloor mapping

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Fourchon, LA

End Port/Location: Port Fourchon, LA

Start Date: 2006-06-08

End Date: 2006-06-30

Equipment Used: Chirp 424, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, GPS , Knudsen Marine Echosounder 320, F190 DGPS/IMU, Choke Ring Antenna, Collapsible Tripod

Information to be Derived: Post-Hurricane Katrina Barrier Island Coastal Monitoring

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: CHIRP (8 tracklines)

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Digital 06SCC01 FACS logs were generated by A. Harrison in July of 2006
using the handwritten logs and personal accounts of the crew members. Barrier
Island Coastal Monitoring (BICM)
EdgeTech, XStar, SB-424, Digital, Triton Imaging SBLogger, (FSSB)
acquisition, software, V. 1.6.421

Location:

Offshore of Isles Dernieres, Louisiana, Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 29.03352 South: 28.98394 West: -90.952 East: -90.75776

Platform(s):

photo of G.K. Gilbert
G.K. Gilbert

Publications

Harrison, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Ferina, N.F., Wiese, D.S., 2007, Archive of digital CHIRP seismic reflection data collected furing USGS cruise 06SCC01 offshore of Isles Dernieres, Louisiana, 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 259, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds259.

Kindinger, J.L., Buster, N.A., Flocks, J.G., Bernier, J.C., Kulp, M.A., 2013, Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program summary report: Data and analyses 2006 through 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1083, 86 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131083.

Mickey, R.C., Long, J.W., Plant, N.G., Thompson, D.M., Dalyander, P.S., 2017, A methodology for modeling barrier island storm-impact scenarios: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1009, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171009.

Portals/Viewers

FAN 06SCC01 has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=06SCC01.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Chirp 424 --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Chirp seismic data
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Processed 1,000-Shot-Interval Location Navigation
Processed Shotpoint Navigation
GPS --- Navigation
No data was collected
Knudsen Marine Echosounder 320 --- Single Beam
F190 DGPS/IMUFor single beam bathymetry, the F190 IMU instrument was used for boat motion (heave, pitch, roll) only.Navigation
Choke Ring AntennaThe satellite L1/L2 signals were received via the Ashtech choke-ring antennas for the base station and the boat. The Ashtech Z-Xtreme GPS receivers interpret the signals and record the information as binary files.Benchmarks
Navigation
Collapsible TripodTripod was used to hold the choke ring antenna upon the benchmark at each static base location.Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects

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