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: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To measure seafloor changes and estimate sediment transport volumes
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)
Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS
Start Date: 2013-08-22
End Date: 2013-09-01
Equipment Used: GPS , Generic - Echosounder, Valeport SVP, Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Collapsible Tripod, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Single-beam Acoustic Sounder, TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor
Information to be Derived: Single-beam bathymetry
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Single-beam bathymetry (144 lines); sound velocity profile casts (24)
Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Chandeleur Islands, LA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.17223965 | South: 29.49530573 | West: -89.0977 | East: -88.37257738 |
Platform(s):
 Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw) |
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Generic - Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | 13BIM08-BA-pd-1 (CARIS export) Chan13_SBB_xyz.zip (Single-beam soundings) Chan13_SBB_tracklines.zip (Single-beam tracklines) Chan13_GIS.zip (Esri ArcGIS project) Chandeleurs_2013_50_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM 50-m cell size) |
| Valeport SVP | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Collapsible Tripod | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 | --- | Single Beam | |
| Single-beam Acoustic Sounder | --- | Single Beam | |
| TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor | --- | Interferometric Single Beam |
