Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Brian Andrews, Jane Denny
Affiliate Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis, USGS St. Peter (PI)
Information Specialist(s): Brian Andrews
Data Type(s): Sonar: Interferometric, 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, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map the shallow geologic framework within Barnegat Bay, NJ in support of circulation modeling studies
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Toms River, NJ
End Port/Location: Toms River, NJ
Start Date: 2013-03-11
End Date: 2013-04-01
Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, Digital video camera, Canon G12, SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz, HYPACK, Edgetech 4200 sidescan, EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;Bathymetric maps;Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 10 survey days, 4 weather/gear days
Staff: Emile Bergeron, Dann Blackwood, William Danforth, Barry Irwin, Charles Worley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: This field activity was originally scheduled for Fall of 2012 (as 2012-034-FA) but was cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy. This will new FAN will be for the rescheduled 2013 work.
Project = Barnegat Bay/NJ Dept of Environ Protection,
Location:
New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, United States, North America
Boundaries | |||
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North: 40.09896742 | South: 39.74521015 | West: -74.21005241 | East: -74.03396619 |
Platform(s):
Rafael |
Andrews, B.D., Miselis, J.L., Danforth, W.W., Irwin, B.J., Worley, C.R., Bergeron, E.M., and Blackwood, D.S., 2015, Marine geophysical data collected in a shallow back-barrier estuary, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (ver. 1.1, September 2016): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 937, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds937.
Andrews, B.D., Defne, Z., Miselis, J.L., and Ganju, N.K., 2015, Continuous terrain model for water circulation studies, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, U. S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7PK0D6B.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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SeaBOSS | Stainless steel framework that measures 1.1 x 1.1 meters and weighs 167 kilograms overall. House a van veen grab sampler as well as a having a digital camera and video camera mounted on the frame. | Surveys (biological) Experiments (biological) Species ID Photo Video Geology Biology | |
Digital video camera | Video camera mounted on the SEABOSS frame | Video | |
Canon G12 | Canon PowerShot G12, is mounted in a machined Delrin housing with a flat port and mounted on the SEABOSS frame. | Photo | |
SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz | --- | Interferometric | |
HYPACK | --- | Navigation | |
Edgetech 4200 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | |
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler |