Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Katherine McMullen, Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Lawrence Poppe
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Ground-truth NOAA hydrographic surveys in Block Island Sound
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Galilee, Point Judith, RI
End Port/Location: Galilee, Point Judith, RI
Start Date: 2012-06-11
End Date: 2012-06-14
Equipment Used: HYPACK, SeaBOSS, DGPS
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Stations were occupied along the shore of Rhode Island to collect sediment samples and bottom photography in order to verify NOAA surveys H12296 and H12023.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Barry Irwin
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Project = Sea & Lake/Data off Cape Cod,
Location:
Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;, Block Island Sound, Rhode Island, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.38299 | South: 41.07728 | West: -72.0648 | East: -71.45508 |
Platform(s):
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McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., Lewit, P.G., and Parker, C.E., 2013, Sea-floor geology in northeastern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013–1003, 1 DVD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20131003.
McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., Blackwood, D.S., and Woods, D.A., 2014, Sea-floor geology in northwestern Block Island Sound, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 2014-1018, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141018.
FAN 2012-002-FA has data viewable in the CMGP Video and Photograph Portal. View the data in this application here. See the instructions for working with this application.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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HYPACK | --- | Navigation | |
SeaBOSS | --- | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | 2012-002-FA-VD-001-01 (Bottom Video) |
DGPS | --- | Navigation |