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Field Activity Details for field activity 07SCC02

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Barrier Island Coastal Monitoring

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Venice, Louisiana

End Port/Location: Venice, Louisiana

Start Date: 2007-06-01

End Date: 2007-06-15

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor, Choke Ring Antenna, Marimatech Echosounder, Tripods

Information to be Derived: Single beam bathymetry (X, Y, Z) data, purpose to acquire the latest bathymetry to assist in calculating sediment gain/loss and barrier island migration or degradation

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Surveyed more than 461 kilometers of tracklines; Collected 13 days of static base station occupation time on U.S. Geological Survey-Florida Integrated Science Center (USGS-FISC) installed benchmarks.

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Billy Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA

Boundaries
North: 30.24292086 South: 29.54725183 West: -89.2076 East: -88.49342699

Platform(s):

photo of Streeterville
Streeterville

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor --- Interferometric
Single Beam
No data was collected
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
Marimatech Echosounder --- Single Beam
Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected

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