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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-303-FA

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Other ID: 16TST01

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): St. Petersburg Science Center Marine Operations (GX.24.MN00.0AZMO.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Joseph Fredericks

Affiliate Investigator(s): Charles Worley (USGS)

Information Specialist(s): Joseph Fredericks

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Test Multibeam (Reson T-20) and Seismic (Chirp 424) equipment settings and configuration, prior to upcoming field work.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2016-01-04

End Date: 2016-01-22

Equipment Used: Applanix POS-MV DGPS/IMU, SeaBat T20 (WH), Other

Information to be Derived: Topobathy and sub-bottom profiling

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Test survey, data will not be processed for analysis/interpretation purposes.

Staff: Joseph Fredericks, Keith Ludwig, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This is not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection; therefore, the Research Topic of TST (short for Test) was assigned.

Location:

Tampa Bay, FL

Boundaries
North: 27.79325317 South: 27.75781575 West: -82.6236 East: -82.5662203

Platform(s):

photo of Sallenger
Sallenger

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Applanix POS-MV DGPS/IMU --- Navigation
SeaBat T20 (WH) --- Multibeam
Other --- --- ---

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