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Field Activity Details for field activity 15TST01

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Stanley Locker, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s): na

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt, Joseph Fredericks

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Test swath and seismic (chirp 424) equipment settings, prior to upcoming fieldwork being conducted in the Chandeleur Islands, LA.

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

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2015-09-08

End Date: 2015-09-10

Equipment Used: F190 DGPS/IMU, Other, Chirp 424, Interferometric Bathymetry System, Valeport SVP

Information to be Derived: Topobathy and sub-bottom profiling.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: acoustic mapping

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Joseph Fredericks, Stanley Locker, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: 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

Boundaries
North: 28.08349145 South: 27.5224861 West: -82.8685 East: -82.3520694

Platform(s):


25-ft Parker

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Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
F190 DGPS/IMU --- Navigation
Other --- --- ---
Chirp 424 --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Interferometric Bathymetry System --- Interferometric
Valeport SVP --- Sound Velocity

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