Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Sedimentology (GX.17.MN00.F1F50.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Barrier Island Mapping Change
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
Start Date: 2012-07-20
End Date: 2012-08-04
Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Knudsen 320 Echosounder, Valeport Mini Sound Velocity Probe, Choke Ring Antenna, TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor
Information to be Derived: Barrier Island Mapping Change
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Single-beam bathymetry
Staff: Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Chandeleur Islands, LA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.18701289 | South: 29.30924614 | West: -89.2405 | East: -87.87819262 |
Platform(s):
 22-ft Twin Vee (R/V G. Hill) |
DeWitt, N.T., Bernier, J.C., Pfeiffer, W.R., Miselis, J.L., Reynolds, B.J., Wiese, D.S., Kelso, K.W., 2014, Coastal bathymetry and backscatter data collected in 2012 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 847, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds847.
Mickey, R.C., Long, J.W., Plant, N.G., Thompson, D.M., Dalyander, P.S., 2017, A methodology for modeling barrier island storm-impact scenarios: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017-1009, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171009.
Plant, N.G., Flocks, J., Stockdon, H.F., Long, J.W., Guy, K.K., Thompson, D.M., Cormier, J.M., Smith, C.G., Miselis, J.L., Dalyander, P.S., 2014, Predictions of barrier island berm evolution in a time-varying storm climatology: Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface, v. 119 no. 2, pp. 300–316, doi: 10.1002/2013jf002871.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | 12BIM04_SBB_tracklines_NAD83 (Single-beam navigation tracklines) |
| Knudsen 320 Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | 12BIM04_SBB_03_ITRF00_xyz (2012 ASCII Point Files from Single-beam Bathymetry: ITRF00) 12BIM04_SBB_03_NAD83_MLLW_xyz (2012 ASCII Point Files from Single-beam Bathymetry: NAD83_MLLW) Chandeleurs_2012_50_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_DEM (bathymetric (single-beam and swath) grid in Geotiff format, 50-m resolution) 12BIM04_SBB_03_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_xyz (2012 ASCII Point Files from Single-beam Bathymetry: NAD83_NVD88_GEOID09) Data Series 847 GIS (Includes tracklines (swath (IFB), single-beam (SBB)), Base station locations, USGS Lidar extent, Backscatter mosaic, and bathymetric (swath and single-beam) grid.) |
| Valeport Mini Sound Velocity Probe | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | No data was collected |
| TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor | --- | Interferometric Single Beam | No data was collected |
