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Field Activity Details for field activity 07GME01

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Other ID: Frog Creek Bathymetry Survey

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Cliff Hearn

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Billy Reynolds

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To provide bathymetry of Frog Creek a freshwater tributary into Tampa Bay that will enhance the Tampa Bay Model Circulation Model construction

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Frog Creek Landing, Tampa Bay

End Port/Location: Frog Creek Landing, Tampa Bay

Start Date: 2007-01-08

End Date: 2007-04-05

Equipment Used: Choke Ring Antenna, Tripods, Marimatech Echosounder, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS

Information to be Derived: High precision single beam bathymetry (X, Y, Z) data; purpose being to acquire the latest bathymetry to provide creek basin morphology to supplement the Tampa Bay Circulation Model

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Surveyed over 7 kilometers of tracklines; Collected 3 days of static base station occupation time on National Geodetic Survey (NGS) benchmarks

Staff: Billy Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Tampa Bay, FL

Boundaries
North: 27.88854972 South: 27.59328973 West: -82.6989 East: -82.33217999

Platform(s):

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Gheenoe

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
Marimatech Echosounder --- Single Beam
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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