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): Dana Wiese
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To create a complete modern topobathymetric map of the Mississippi barrier islands. Data to provide information for the following: sediment budget; assessment of immediate sand resources in the region, modern geologic framework; historical island change measurements; base-level assessment of the seafloor since the 2005 hurricane season
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
Start Date: 2008-09-18
End Date: 2008-09-28
Equipment Used: Chirp 424, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Interferometric Bathymetry System
Information to be Derived: Submetrix swath bathymetry data; sub-bottom image profiles.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Billy Reynolds, Dana Wiese
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Platform: R/V Survey Cat
Location:
Ship Island, MS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.27167793 | South: 30.1885302 | West: -89.0248 | East: -88.77319401 |
Platform(s):
 Glacier Bay Cat Boat |
Forde, A.S., Dadisman, S.V., Flocks, J.G., DeWitt, N.T., Reynolds, B.J., Wiese, D.S., 2011, Archive of digital CHIRP sub-bottom profile data collected during USGS cruises 08CCT02 and 08CCT03, Mississippi Gulf Islands, July and September 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 569, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds569.
FAN 08CCT03 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=08CCT03.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chirp 424 | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | Data Series 568 Segy (Chirp 424 data agc SEGY) Data Series 569 GIS (Chirp 424 data GIS) Data Series 569 Profiles (Chirp 424 data profiles) 08CCT03-SE-pd-5 (Chirp 424 data GeoMapApp) 08CCT03-SE-rd-1 (Chirp 424 data) |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | Processed Shotpoint Navigation 08CCT03-SE-pd-4 (Chirp 424 data navigation) Processed 1,000-Shot-Interval Location Navigation |
| Interferometric Bathymetry System | --- | Interferometric |
