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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-014-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): CMG-WH Core Competency - Marine Technology (LQ000GU)

Principal Investigator(s): Charles Worley

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Charles Worley

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Testing of Reson T20-P multibeam, Applanix POSMV and Edgetech 424 systems

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2016-04-04

End Date: 2016-04-22

Equipment Used: Integrated Navigation System, Other, EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler, Reson T20-P

Information to be Derived: Multibeam bathymetry, navigation and subbottom

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Testing equipment, no data gathered

Staff: Eric Moore, Alexander Nichols, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Testing of equipment only.

Location:

Vineyard Sound, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 41.58091034 South: 41.44093804 West: -70.6805 East: -70.35794406

Platform(s):

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Rafael

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Integrated Navigation System --- Navigation
Other --- --- ---
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Reson T20-P --- Multibeam
Water column reflectivity

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