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Field Activity Details for field activity 10CCT07

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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): Dana Wiese

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To acquire side-scan and swath bathymetry data to help determine baseline information in the vicinity of the berm currently under construction around the barrier islands.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 2010-08-27

End Date: 2010-09-10

Equipment Used: F190 DGPS/IMU, Knudsen Marine Echosounder 320, Interferometric Bathymetry System, Klein Side Scan

Information to be Derived: Submatrix swath bathymetry side-scan sonar mosaics.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: James Flocks, Lance Thornton, Dana Wiese, Richard Young

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment: L3900 Klein Side Scan.

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA and Oil Spill Sand Berm

Boundaries
North: 30.24713886 South: 29.31228256 West: -89.1526 East: -88.25172777

Platform(s):

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

Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
F190 DGPS/IMU --- Navigation
Knudsen Marine Echosounder 320 --- Single Beam
Interferometric Bathymetry System --- Interferometric
Klein Side Scan --- Sidescan

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