Other ID: 94-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab
Affiliate Investigator(s): E. Rob Thieler - Duke
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect sidescan imagery to determine processes controlling shoreface erosion and cross-shelf sediment transport.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
End Port/Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
Start Date: 1994-03-07
End Date: 1994-03-12
Equipment Used: Echosounder, Shipek grab, DGPS, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: William Danforth, Barry Irwin, David Nichols, William Schwab, Mead Allison
Affiliate Staff:
Rob Thieler - co-Ch. Sci.
Andrew Brill (1 day) - Duke
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab - co-Ch. Sci., Bill Danforth - image proc., Dave Nichols - tech., Barry Irwin - nav. tech., Mead Allison - image proc.
Location:
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 34.225224 | South: 34.17546882 | West: -77.80149367 | East: -77.75972496 |
Platform(s):
Elusive |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information with station locations, trackmaps, and station location map. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | Navigator's DGPS log containing start and end times of lines. |
| Q-Mips log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Watchstanders' log with line numbers, start and end times, acquisition notes, file names. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
| Shipek grab | --- | Geology | 1994-038-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples) |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1994-038-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV DGPS L01-12, NAV DGPS L13-24, NAV DGPS L25-28, NAV DGPS L29-40, NAV DGPS EDITED, ) |
| Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | 1994-038-FA-SO-001 (Digital tapes of SSS LINES 1-38: inventory #4168, 4169, 4170, and 4171.) |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation |
