Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Danforth, Richard Signell
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): William Danforth
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Interferometric
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Completely map the bathymetry surrounding the shoal Middle Ground in Vineyard Sound using swath bathymetric methods.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Falmouth, MA
End Port/Location: Falmouth, MA
Start Date: 2007-10-31
End Date: 2007-10-31
Equipment Used: SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, Echosounder, DGPS
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 13 lines of swath bathymetric data using the SEA SwathPlus system aboard the R/V RAFAEL.
Staff: William Danforth, Barry Irwin, Richard Signell, Charles Worley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Project = Community Sediment Transport Modeling, Community Sediment Transport Modeling
Location:
Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.5 | South: 41.4 | West: -70.8 | East: -70.58333 |
Platform(s):
 Rafael |
Pendleton, E.A., Andrews, B.D., Danforth, W.W., and Foster, D.S., 2014, High-resolution geophysical data collected aboard the U.S. Geological Survey research vessel Rafael to supplement existing datasets from Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1020, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131020.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz | --- | Interferometric | |
| Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 2007-039-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data: x, y, z coordinates for 10/31/07 taken every second; stored in an Excel spreadsheet.) |
