Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-626-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)

Principal Investigator(s): Katherine Coble

Affiliate Investigator(s): Chief Scientist: David W. Caress (MBARI) Charles K. Paull

Information Specialist(s): Katherine Coble

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To use the MBARI AUV in a series of repeat mapping surveys to collect high-resolution multibeam bathymetry of the Monterey Canyon axial channel as part of the Coordinated Canyon Experiment; also to locate equipment deployed in October 2015 as part of the CCE

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2016-03-21

End Date: 2016-03-23

Equipment Used: navigation

Information to be Derived: AUV multibeam bathymetry (all data archived at MBARI)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Two repeat mapping surveys were completed and archived at MBARI. CCE equipment deployed in October 2015 was re-located.

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Notes: Data are archived at MBARI.
WinFrog nav on R/V Carson.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-621-FA

Location:

Monterey Canyon, Monterey Bay, California, United States, Pacific Ocean

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