Field Activity Details for field activity 11TST04

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 a mount on the R/V G.K. Gilbert within designated zones for purpose of data comparison.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2011-04-07

End Date: 2011-04-07

Equipment Used: Choke Ring Antenna, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, F190 DGPS/IMU, Interferometric Bathymetry System, 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 41 raw Swath files (~3GB); 4 SVP Casts (~5KB); Base station and Boat GPS data (~58MB)

Staff: David Bennett, Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, William Pfeiffer, Dana Wiese, Richard Young

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