Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Investigator(s): Ralph Lewis - LISRC, CGHNS
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sidescan sonar surveys to map sedimentary processes and benthic habitats in New Haven Harbor and dumping grounds and Roanoke Point Shoal.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1997-06-02
End Date: 1997-06-11
Equipment Used: Edgetech Sidescan sonar, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, DGPS
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This cruise completed the 8th USGS sidescan-sonar survey of critical habitats in Long Island Sound. All data processing performed post-cruise at USGS-Woods Hole. Sidescan sonar: 299 km
Staff: Lawrence Poppe, Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen and Ralph Lewis - Long Island Sound Research Center; V. Ferini and J. Griffin - SUNY
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Lawrence Poppe - Chief Scientist, Kenneth Parolski - Marine Electronics Technician.
Project = Long Island Sound Environmental Studies, Long Island Sound Environmental Studies
Location:
New Haven Habor, Connecticut, Roanoke Point Shoal, New York, central Long Island Sound, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.2 | South: 41.1 | West: -73 | East: -72.75 |
Platform(s):
Asterias |
Poppe, L.J., Polloni, C., eds., 1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (98-502), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98502.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Navigation log | DGPS | Navigation log describing start and end times of lines, disks, latitudes, longitudes, course, and speed. |
Sidescan log | Edgetech Sidescan sonar | ISIS sidescan sonar log describing start and end times of lines, files, and equipment performance. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Edgetech Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | |
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | |
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder | --- | Single Beam | Bathymetry GIS data |
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1997-018-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) |
DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1997-018-FA-LN-001-01 (Sidescan sonar survey track maps for Roanoke Point, New Haven Dumpsite and New Haven, CT, ASTERIAS June 2-11, 1997.
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