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USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-324-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s): NFWF Monitoring Hurricane Sandy Beach and Marsh Resilience (GR.19.MN00.GSM30.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt, Joseph Fredericks, Billy Reynolds, Chelsea Stalk

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Assess the restoration efforts by providing baseline bathymetry using combination of single-beam and multibeam and sub bottom profiles that traverse the surf zone by beach launching the 512i.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Riis Landing, Rockaway Beach, NY

End Port/Location: Riis Landing, Rockaway Beach, NY

Start Date: 2018-09-04

End Date: 2018-09-25

Equipment Used: Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver, Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver, Choke Ring Antenna, Collapsible Tripod, Other, Chirp 512i, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Multibeam Bathymetry System, Castaway-CTD, Valeport SWiFT SVP

Information to be Derived: Single beam xyz data (##); sound velocity casts (##); multibeam bathymetry xyz data (##), seismic sub bottom profiles (##); and GPS base station and GPS boat files used to process for DGPS.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: None yet

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Andrew Farmer, Joseph Fredericks, Jennifer Miselis, Billy Reynolds, Chelsea Stalk, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Lance Thornton, Hunter Wilcox

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Rockaway Beach, New York

Boundaries
North: 40.60457078 South: 40.539299 West: -73.94758173 East: -73.76025297

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Other --- --- ---
Chirp 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam
Multibeam Bathymetry System --- Multibeam
Castaway-CTD --- Sound Velocity
Valeport SWiFT SVP --- Sound Velocity

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