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Field Activity Details for field activity 11TST01

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Other ID: Testing (Bathymetry Equipment)

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks, Mark Erik Hansen, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Testing modified mount on R/V Survey Cat

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL

End Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL

Start Date: 2011-02-11

End Date: 2011-02-11

Equipment Used: Interferometric Bathymetry System, F190 DGPS/IMU

Information to be Derived: Swath Bathymetry to verify repeatability of the system using OmniSTAR.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 13 lines swath data.

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, James Flocks, Mark Erik Hansen, Dana Wiese

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Laptop
This was not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection. The Research Topic of TST (short for Test) was assigned.

Location:

Tampa Bay, FL

Boundaries
North: 28.03033592 South: 27.58447033 West: -82.8637 East: -82.28274168

Platform(s):

photo of Glacier Bay Cat Boat
Glacier Bay Cat Boat

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Interferometric Bathymetry System --- Interferometric
F190 DGPS/IMU --- Navigation

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