Field Activity Details for field activity 11TST02

Other ID: none

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, Dana Wiese

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Testing modified mount on R/V Survey Cat within designated zones for purpose of data comparison.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2011-03-07

End Date: 2011-03-08

Equipment Used: Interferometric Bathymetry System, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, F190 DGPS/IMU, GPS , Valeport SVP

Information to be Derived: Swath Bathymetry to verify repeatability of the system using OmniSTAR and Differential GPS from Ashtech GPS Receivers. Including xyz point data, xyz grid data, navigation files, and trackline images.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 68 raw Swath files (~4GB); 6 SVP Casts (~48KB); Base station and Boat GPS data (~52MB)

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, James Flocks, Kyle Kelso, William Pfeiffer, Dana Wiese

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, 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

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Data Acquired