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Field Activity Details for field activity 13BIM04

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Other ID: BIER-Geophysics3

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): James Flocks, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier, Nancy DeWitt

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect singlebeam bathymetry in the nearshore, surf zone, and around Hewes Point.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Point Cadet Marina, Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Point Cadet Marina, Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 2013-07-05

End Date: 2013-07-19

Equipment Used: Single-beam Acoustic Sounder, GPS , Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100

Information to be Derived: Singlebeam bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Single-beam bathymetry (53 lines); sound velocity profile casts (4)

Staff: Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds, David Thompson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: FACS logs generated by J. Bernier from handwritten and digital field logs and notes.

Location:

Northern Chandeleur Islands, LA

Boundaries
North: 30.27444937 South: 29.71068041 West: -89.2633152 East: -88.4032917

Platform(s):

photo of Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)

Publications

DeWitt, N.T., Miselis, J.L., Fredericks, J.J., Bernier, J.C., Reynolds, B.J., Kelso, K.W., Thompson, D.M., Flocks, J.G., Wiese, D.S., 2017, Coastal bathymetry data collected in 2013 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1032, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1032.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Single-beam Acoustic Sounder --- Single Beam
Chan13_SBB_xyz.zip (Single-beam soundings)
Chan13_GIS.zip (Esri ArcGIS project)
Chan13_SBB_tracklines.zip (Single-beam tracklines)
Chandeleurs_2013_50_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM 50-m cell size)
GPS --- Navigation
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam

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