Field Activity Details for field activity 12TST01

Other ID: Mock Surveys

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier, Noreen Buster, Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, William Pfeiffer, Billy Reynolds, Dana Wiese

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To test new acquisition settings, to improve swath data quality, and to refine recently developed processing protocols

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2012-01-09

End Date: 2012-01-31

Equipment Used: Global Positioning System (GPS), Interferometric Bathymetry System, F190 DGPS/IMU, Valeport Mini Sound Velocity Probe, Bottom Grab Sampler

Information to be Derived: Useful acquisition settings & protocols; changes/updates to latest processing protocols

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Julie Bernier, Noreen Buster, Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, William Pfeiffer, Billy Reynolds, Dana Wiese

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This is 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) has been assigned.

Location:

Tampa Bay

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired