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 | |||
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North: 30.24292086 | South: 29.54725183 | West: -89.2076 | East: -88.49342699 |
Platform(s):
Streeterville |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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 |