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Field Activity Details for field activity 2005-301-FA

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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): Mark Erik Hansen

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The results of this study will prioritize information needs (bathymetric and hydrologic) for all tributaries flowing into the Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve, by conducting bathymetric surveys along priority estuarine rivers and offshore coastal areas and by describing the hydrodynamic characteristics of estuarine rivers (tidal magnitudes) and relevance to the overall circulation and mixing patterns of the area. This project addresses the collection and interpretation of data necessary to develop the present day bathymetry offshore from Wiggins Pass to Cape Romano, Florida.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Wiggins Pass, FL

End Port/Location: Cape Romano, FL

Start Date: 2005-07-01

End Date: 2005-07-01

Equipment Used: Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Marimatech Echosounder, TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor

Information to be Derived: Single beam bathymetry (X,Y,Z) data. Products are ASCII text files of the sounding data and point shapefiles representing seafloor elevations.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Number of soundings: 186,203 in comma-delimited and Esri point shapefile formats.

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Mark Erik Hansen

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Platform: Outboard motor boat. All data were processed relative to the WGS84 (G1150) ellipsoid.

Location:

Wiggins Pass to Cape Romano, FL

Boundaries
North: 26.20766058 South: 26.08266058 West: -81.9744873 East: -81.8494873

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Hansen, M.E., DeWitt, N.T., Reynolds, B.J., 2017, Archive of bathymetry data collected in South Florida from 1995 to 2015: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1031, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1031.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Marimatech Echosounder --- Single Beam
DS1031-CRomano_WGS84_NAVD88-G03_SB_txt.xyz.zip (Singlebeam soundings in comma-delimited text format.)
DS1031-CRomano_WGS84_NAVD88-G03_SB_shp.xyz.zip (Singlebeam soundings in Esri point shapefile format.)
TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor --- Interferometric
Single Beam

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