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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-027-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Coastal Model Applications and Field Measurements (LQ00DYN)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Melanie Hayn, MBL/Cornell

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Sherwood

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Tide, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey using Jetyak

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2015-06-08

End Date: 2015-06-12

Equipment Used: ONSET HOBO Water Level Loggers, Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak), Other

Information to be Derived: Equipment testing, Science, water levels

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: mapping of extent of seagrass and bathymetry, using Hummingbird sonar

Staff: Jonathan Borden

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: the water level data data from this FA is available at: http://dx.doi.org/F72Z140X

Location:

West Falmouth Harbor, Massachusetts,United States

Boundaries
North: 41.61076464 South: 41.5974726 West: -70.6555 East: -70.63402176

Platform(s):


Knob

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
ONSET HOBO Water Level Loggers --- Temperature
Tide
WFAL_2016 (water level data from 2 sites in West Falmouth harbor, 2016)
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) --- Sidescan
Single Beam
Navigation
Other --- --- ---

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