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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-317-FA

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Other ID: 15BIM01, 15BIM02, 15BIM03

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring - BICM (GR.20.MN00.FT954.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jack Kindinger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Julie Bernier, Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, Chelsea Stalk

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect single beam bathymetry in the back barrier, the nearshore, and the surf zone from Hewes Point south to Monkey Bayou.

Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver, Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA), Rental Vehicle

Start Port/Location: Point Cadet Marina, Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Point Cadet Marina, Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 2015-06-16

End Date: 2015-06-25

Equipment Used: Choke Ring Antenna, Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Castaway-CTD, Valeport SVP

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, sub-bottom, grain size, water level

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: summary

Staff: Julie Bernier, Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, Stanley Locker, Jennifer Miselis, Chelsea Stalk, Thomas Tuten

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: 15BIM01 = RV Sallenger = collecting SBB;
15BIM02 = RV Jabba Jaw = collecting SBB;
15BIM03 = RV Chum/Shark = collecting SBB;
15BIM04 = reserved for sediments if time permits

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA

Boundaries
North: 30.0566934 South: 29.72816487 West: -88.9003 East: -88.80392609

Platform(s):

photo of Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)
Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)
photo of Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
photo of Sallenger
Sallenger

26-ft NPS Parker

Publications

Stalk, C.A., DeWitt, N.T., Bernier, J.C., Kindinger, J.G., Flocks, J.G., Miselis, J.L., Locker, S.D., Kelso, K.W., Tuten, T.M., 2017, Coastal single-beam bathymetry data collected in 2015 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1039, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1039.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
No data was collected
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
15BIM01_SBB_Tracklines.zip (Single-beam tracklines, R/V Sallenger)
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
15BIM03_SBB_Tracklines.zip (Single-beam tracklines, R/V Chum )
15BIM02_SBB_Tracklines.zip (Single-beam tracklines, R/V Jabba Jaw )
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam
15BIM01_SBB_XYZ.zip (Single-beam soundings, R/V Sallenger)
15BIM02_SBB_XYZ.zip (Single-beam soundings, R/V Jabba Jaw)
CHAND_2015-GIS.zip (Esri ArcGIS project)
CHAND_2015_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM 200-m cell size)
15BIM03_SBB_XYZ.zip (Single-beam soundings, R/V Chum )
Castaway-CTD --- Sound Velocity
Valeport SVP --- Sound Velocity

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