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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-020-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Barrier Evolution (MN00F1F)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Traykovski, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Christopher Sherwood

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey using Jetyak

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

End Port/Location: West Falmouth, MA

Start Date: 2017-04-24

End Date: 2017-04-24

Equipment Used: Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak)

Information to be Derived: Maps of seafloor and eel grass extent

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: a bathymetric map of the seafloor was obtained from the Hummingbird system mounted on the jetyak.

Staff: Jonathan Borden, Christopher Sherwood, Steven Suttles

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-027-FA

Location:

West Falmouth Harbor, Massachusetts,United States

Boundaries
North: 41.61076464 South: 41.5974726 West: -70.6555 East: -70.63402176

Platform(s):


Knob

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) --- Sidescan
Single Beam
Navigation

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