Other ID: RB03-02
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Uri Ten Brink
Affiliate Investigator(s): NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, NOAA Hydrographic Survey-Atlantic Branch
Information Specialist(s): Jennifer Martin
Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map the Puerto Rico trench using multibeam bathymetry.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Miami, FL
End Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Start Date: 2003-02-18
End Date: 2003-03-08
Equipment Used: SeaBeam 2112, Temperature and salinity
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: William Danforth, Christopher F. Polloni, Uri Ten Brink
Affiliate Staff:
Castle E. Parker and Toshi Uozumi - NOAA Atlantic Hydrographic Branch - Onboard processing; Rex Roettger - Teacher at sea; Catalina Martinez and Taconya Piper - Ocean Exploration representatives; Amy Kennedy and Rebecca Lester - Whale watchers
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Bill Danforth - onboard processing; Christopher Polloni - onboard display and archiving; Uri ten Brink - Chief scientist.
Project = Caribbean tsunami and earthquake hazard, Caribbean tsunami and earthquake hazard
Location:
Puerto Rico trench, Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 20.33333 | South: 18.66667 | West: -69 | East: -62.5 |
Platform(s):
 Ronald H. Brown |
ten Brink, U.S., Danforth, W., Polloni, C.F., Parker, C.E., Uozumi, T., and Williams, G.F., 2005, Project PROBE Leg II; final report and archive of swath bathymetric sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS navigation data collected during USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1400, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041400.
ten Brink, U.S., Danforth, W.W., and Polloni, C.F., 2013, Final report and archive of the swath bathymetry and ancillary data collected in the Puerto Rico Trench region in 2002 and 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1210, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061210.
Whitmore, P., ten Brink, Uri, Caropolo, Michael, Huerfano-Moreno, Victor, Knight, William, Sammler, William, and Sandrik, Al, 2009, NOAA/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Atlantic Ocean response criteria: Science of Tsunami Hazards, v. 28 no. 2, URL: http://tsunamisociety.org/282WhitmoreEtAla.pdf.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBeam 2112 | --- | Multibeam | 2003-008-FA-NL-001 (DVD ROM disk of PR TRENCH BATHY MOVIE, ) Bathymetry GIS data |
| Temperature and salinity | --- | CTD Temperature |
