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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-335-FA

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Other ID: 16BIM01, 16BIM02, 16BIM03

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Barrier Island Evolution Research - BIER Geophysics (GX.16.MN00.F1F40.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt, Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds, Chelsea Stalk, Anastasios Stathakopoulos

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: 1) Measure bathymetric change and borrow site deposition on the N. Chandeleurs island platform and 2) Provide elevation control for topo-bathymetric lidar survey

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

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 2016-06-10

End Date: 2016-06-19

Equipment Used: Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS, Choke Ring Antenna, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), Collapsible Tripod, F190 DGPS/IMU, Garmin GPS, Other, Chirp 424, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Interferometric Bathymetry System

Information to be Derived: Topographic and bathymetric elevations, deposit stratigraphy, and verification of lidar data

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 16BIM01: Collected 82 subbottom profiles, 48 interferometric swath bathymetry lines and 34 SVP casts 16BIM03: Static ground control points (includes bare earth, vegetation, and ground control) (62), CTD profiles (9), Secchi disk readings (9)​

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Arnell Forde, Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds, Chelsea Stalk

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Subfans:
16BIM01 = R/V Sallenger
16BIM02 = R/V Jabba Jaw
16BIM03 = Lidar ground support on foot

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)

Boundaries
North: 30.05356335 South: 29.67091617 West: -89.1376 East: -88.51818848

Platform(s):

photo of Sallenger
Sallenger
photo of 22-ft Twin Vee (R/V G. Hill)
22-ft Twin Vee (R/V G. Hill)

Publications

Farmer, A.S., Fredericks, J.J., Miselis, J.L., Buster, N.A., DeWitt, N.T., Kelso, K.W., Stalk, C.A., Reynolds, B.J., 2018, Coastal bathymetry data collected in 2016 from the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P993MBJK.

Forde, A.S., DeWitt, N.T., Miselis, J.L., 2018, Archive of chirp subbottom profile data collected in 2016 from the northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9NFK0K4.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) --- LIDAR
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
F190 DGPS/IMU --- Navigation
Garmin GPS --- Navigation
Other --- --- ---
Chirp 424 --- Sub Bottom Profiler
2016-335-FA_nav.zip (Navigation data )
2016-335-FA_segy.zip (Unprocessed digital chirp subbottom trace data)
2016-335-FA_seisimag.zip (Processed subbottom profile images (.gif))
2016-335-FA_arc.zip (Survey trackline locations)
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_SBB_and_IFB_ NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_50_DEM.zip (The SBB and IFB soundings in NAD83 and NAVD88 (ellipsoid height) with respect to the GEOID09 model (.tif))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_SBB_NAD83_tracklines.zip (Single-beam trackline shapefile in NAD83 (.shp))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_SBB_ITRF08_xyz.zip (The single-beam soundings (xyz) in ITRF08 (.txt))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_SBB_ NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_xyz.zip (The single-beam soundings (xyz) in NAD83 and NAVD88 (ellipsoid height) with respect to the GEOID09 model (.txt))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_SBB_ITRF08_tracklines.zip (Single-beam trackline shapefile in ITRF08 (.shp))
Interferometric Bathymetry System --- Interferometric
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_IFB_ NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_xyz.zip (The IFB soundings (xyz) in NAD83 and NAVD88 (ellipsoid height) with respect to the GEOID09 model (.txt))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_IFB_ITRF08_xyz.zip (The IFB soundings (xyz) in ITRF08 (.txt))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_IFB_ITRF08_tracklines.zip (IFB trackline shapefile in ITRF08 (.shp))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_SBB_and_IFB_ NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_50_DEM.zip (The SBB and IFB soundings in NAD83 and NAVD88 (ellipsoid height) with respect to the GEOID09 model (.tif))
Chandeleur_Islands_2016_IFB_NAD83_tracklines.zip (IFB trackline shapefile in NAD83 (.shp))

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