Field Activity Details for field activity 12TST06

Other ID: none

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): Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds, Dana Wiese

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: We are testing new and old single beam survey equipment.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: USGS St. Pete / Deamons Landing Marina

End Port/Location: USGS St. Pete/ Deamons Landing Marina

Start Date: 2012-06-29

End Date: 2012-07-03

Equipment Used: F190 DGPS/IMU, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor, Single-beam Acoustic Sounder, Knudsen Marine Echosounder 320, Valeport SVP

Information to be Derived: The purpose of this testing is to understand the capabilities and limitations of single beam bathymetric aquisition.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: We have new equipment that needs to be tested including; the Odom Echotrac V-100 echosounder, and the ATU120ST shallow water transducer. We need to find out if these systems will achieve the desired results, which is to acquire very shallow water bathymetry using a shallow draft survey vessel. We also need to test current equipment to understand its capabilities and limitations in shallow water in case the new equipment is not ready for the field.

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds, Dana Wiese

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Laptop
Vehicle: Green Suburban is scheduled
This is not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection; therefore, the Research Topic of TST (short for Test) was assigned.

Location:

Tampa Bay, FL and Vicinity

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Data Acquired