Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Estuary and Marsh Geology - EMRG (Geomorphology) (GX.24.MN00.M1D20.00)
Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Chelsea Stalk
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sound Velocity, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect Single-beam bathymetry within Grand Bay and Point Au Chenes Bay, AL/MS
Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Start Date: 2021-03-01
End Date: 2021-03-07
Equipment Used: Castaway-CTD, SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Tripods, SP90 GNSS Receiver, Choke Ring Antenna
Information to be Derived: Singlebeam bathymetry x,y,z soundings and bathymetry grids.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 188 SBES lines, 74 SV casts and 3 days worth of base station data.
Staff: Hunter Wilcox, Chelsea Stalk
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 21CCT01 = Jet Ski = RV Shark (white) collecting Single beam bathymetry
21CCT02 = Jet Ski = RV Chum (blue) collecting Single beam bathymetry;
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-315-FA as a portion of the data collected will be a repeat of the 2015 survey.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-324-FA - original field effort which was postponed.
Location:
Grand Bay and Point Aux Chenes Bay, AL/MS
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.42732018 | South: 30.2790872 | West: -88.5373 | East: -88.30902148 |
Platform(s):
 Personal Water Craft (Blue WVR2 - Chum) |  Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark) |
Stalk, C.S., Wilcox, H.S., Passeri, D.L., Smith, C.G., Smith, K.E.L., and Terrano, J.F., 2021, Single-beam bathymetry data collected in March 2021 from Grand Bay and Point Aux Chenes Bay, Mississippi/Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93ZM9MK.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castaway-CTD | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor | --- | Single Beam | |
| ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 | --- | Single Beam | Grand_Bay_2021_SBES_xyz.zip (Single-beam bathymetry xyz data in both WGS84 (G1762) ellipsoid and NAD83 NAVD88 GEOID12B) Point_Aux_Chenes_2021_ SBES_xyz.zip (Single-beam bathymetry xyz data in both WGS84 (G1762) ellipsoid and NAD83 NAVD88 GEOID12B) Grand_Bay_Point_Aux_Chenes_ 2021_ShorelinePoints.zip (Shoreline points adapted from Terrano and Smith, 2021) Grand_Bay_2021_ SBES_Tracklines.zip (Single-beam bathymetry tracklines in WGS84 (G1762) ) Point_Aux_Chenes_2021_ SBES_Tracklines.zip (Single-beam bathymetry tracklines in WGS84 (G1762) ) Grand_Bay_Point_Aux_Chenes_ 2021_Extent.zip (Polygon files representing extend of data coverage) Grand_Bay_2021_ NAD83_NAVD88_G12A_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM, 10-m cell size in NAD83 NAVD88 Geoid 12A and the accompanying boundary shapefile) Point_Aux_Chenes_2021_ NAD83_NAVD88_G12A_DEM.zip (Bathymetry DEM, 10-m cell size in NAD83 NAVD88 Geoid 12A and the accompanying boundary shapefile) |
| Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) Benchmarks Navigation | |
| SP90 GNSS Receiver | --- | Benchmarks Navigation | |
| Choke Ring Antenna | --- | Benchmarks Navigation |
