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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-004-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): CMG-WH Core Competency - Marine Technology (LQ000GU)

Principal Investigator(s): William Danforth, Eric Moore

Affiliate Investigator(s): Dr. Anthony Lyons, CCOM

Information Specialist(s): William Danforth

Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sound source measurements of the Simrad EM122 MBES installed on the R/V Sally Ride

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Diego, CA

End Port/Location: San Diego, CA

Start Date: 2019-01-02

End Date: 2019-01-06

Equipment Used: EM122 12 kHz multibeam

Information to be Derived: MBES bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Participated with personnel from the UNH Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM) Joint Hydrographic Center (JHC) in a survey to collect Kongsberg EM122 multibeam echo sounder data over the Navy Southern California Antisubmarine Warfare Range (SOAR). Collected data will be utilized by CCOM personnel to measure near and far field transmit pulses from the EM122 echo sounder. Collected data are not being used by WHCMSC, we participated in the survey as observers.

Staff: William Danforth, Eric Moore

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Field activity will take place aboard the UNOLS vessel R/V Sally Ride

Location:

Offshore San Diego, CA

Boundaries
North: 33.11915023 South: 32.50049649 West: -119.20166016 East: -118.25683594

Platform(s):

photo of Sally Ride
Sally Ride

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
EM122 12 kHz multibeam --- Multibeam

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