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Field Activity Details for field activity 2000-015-FA

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Other ID: IB C-15-00-NB

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Canadian Hydrographic Service

Information Specialist(s): William Danforth

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Multibeam mapping of the Hudson Shelf Valley and Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2000-04-05

End Date: 2000-05-05

Equipment Used: Simrad EM 1000, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Bradford Butman, William Danforth, Jane Denny, Laura Hayes, Jeremy Malczyk, Thomas O'Brien, Ben Gutierrez

Affiliate Staff:
Canadian Hydrographic Service

Notes: Intermediate ports of call in New York.
Project = Mapping the EEZ offshore of New York/New Jersey, Mapping the EEZ offshore of New York/New Jersey

Location:

New York Bight and Hudson Shelf Valley, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 40.84706 South: 39.5 West: -73.916 East: -72.25

Platform(s):

photo of Creed
Creed

Publications

Butman, B., 2002, Mapping the sea floor of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) offshore of New York City: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 001-02, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs00102.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Hughes Clarke, J.E., and Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Historic Area Remediation Site in 1996, 1998, and 2000: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74B2ZGX.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Hughes Clarke, J.E., and Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7J38RFK.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Hughes Clarke, J.E., and Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74F1PNH.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Hughes Clarke, J.E., and Signell, R.P., 2017, Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7C53J1Z.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Knowles, S.C., May, B., and Serrett, L., 2002, Sea floor topography and backscatter intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), offshore of New York, based on multibeam surveys conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-503, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr2000503.

Butman, B., Middleton, T.J., Thieler, E.R., and Schwab, W.C., 2003, Topography, shaded relief, and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Shelf Valley, offshore of New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-372, CD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr03372.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Simrad EM 1000 --- Multibeam
abreef_backi2m (GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
Hars2000Pseudo (GeoTIFF image of the shaded-relief bathymetry of the sea floor, colored by backscatter intensity, of the Historic Area Remediation Site in 2000 (3-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
Hars2000Sun (GeoTIFF image of the shaded-relief bathymetry of the Historic Area Remediation Site in 2000 (3-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
hars2000_3m_bathymetry (Bathymetry of the Historic Area Remediation Site in 2000 (3-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84))
Hars2000Mos (GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Historic Area Remediation Site in 2000 (3-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
shreef_backi2m (GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
shreef_bath2m (Bathymetry of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84))
hsv_bath12m (Bathymetry of the Hudson Shelf Valley (12-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84).)
hsv_srelief12m (GeoTIFF image of shaded-relief bathymetry of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley (12-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
hsv_srback12m (GeoTIFF image of shaded-relief bathymetry, colored by backscatter intensity, of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley (12-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
abreef_srelief2m (GeoTIFF image of shaded-relief bathymetry of the sea floor of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
abreef_srback2m (GeoTIFF image the shaded-relief bathymetry, pseudocolored by backscatter intensity, of the sea floor of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
shreef_srelief2m (GeoTIFF image of the shaded-relief bathymetry of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
shreef_srback2m (GeoTIFF image of the shaded-relief bathymetry, pseudocolored by backscatter intensity, of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef (2-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
abreef_bath2m (Bathymetry of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef (2-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84))
Bathymetry GIS data
hsv_backi12m (GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Shelf Valley (12-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84))
DGPS --- Navigation
Hars2000Nav (Tracklines of a multibeam survey in the Historic Area Remediation Site carried in 2000)
shreef_nav (Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef)
abreef_nav (Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor of the Atlantic Beach artificial reef)
hsv_2000_nav (Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the Hudson Shelf Valley carried out in 2000)

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