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Field Activity Details for field activity 12TST04

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Other ID: SFMG

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): William Pfeiffer

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To assess the Klein 3900 towfish capabilities.

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

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida

End Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, Florida

Start Date: 2012-06-11

End Date: 2012-06-12

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Klein Side Scan, Choke Ring Antenna

Information to be Derived: Seafloor surface material.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Kyle Kelso, William Pfeiffer, Dana Wiese

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This will be a test survey to evaluate capabilities of the Klein 3900 side scan sonar at varied depths and different frequencies.

Location:

Tampa Bay, Florida

Boundaries
North: 28.06087208 South: 27.49003437 West: -82.8135 East: -82.29713766

Platform(s):

photo of Survey Cat (Class 3)
Survey Cat (Class 3)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Klein Side Scan --- Sidescan
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected

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