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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-320-FA

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Other ID: 22CCT09; 22CCT10; 22CCT11; 22CCT12

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Estuary and Marsh Geology - EMRG (Geomorphology) (GX.25.MN00.M1D20.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Kathryn Smith, Christopher Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mississippi State University (MSU)

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sound Velocity, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect Single-beam bathymetry within Point Au Chenes Bay, MS

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Bayou Heron Boat Ramp, Moss Point, MS

End Port/Location: Bayou Heron Boat Ramp, Moss Point, MS

Start Date: 2022-06-06

End Date: 2022-06-10

Equipment Used: Castaway-CTD, SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Tripods, SP90 GNSS Receiver, Collapsible Tripod, Choke Ring Antenna

Information to be Derived: Single-beam bathymetry x,y,z data points and create a current digital elevation model (DEM)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Successful acquisition of single-beam bathymetry data was achieved during this survey.

Staff: Benjamin Galbraith

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: 22CCT09 = Personal Water Craft (PWC) = RV Shark (white) collecting single-beam bathymetry
22CCT10 = Personal Water Craft (PWC) = RV Chum (blue) collecting Single beam bathymetry;

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-307-FA as the data collected is intended to be a repeat survey.

Location:

Point Aux Chenes Bay, MS

Boundaries
North: 30.36013764 South: 30.30027859 West: -88.48182678 East: -88.37677002

Platform(s):

photo of Personal Water Craft (Blue WVR2 - Chum)
Personal Water Craft (Blue WVR2 - Chum)
photo of Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)

Publications

DeWitt, N.T., Galbraith, B.A., Terrano, J.F., Smith, C.G.,, Smith, K.E.L., Stalk, C.E., 2024, Single-beam Bathymetry Data Collected in 2022 From Point Aux Chenes Bay, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13NPYMZ.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Castaway-CTD --- Sound Velocity
SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor --- Single Beam
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam
Point_Aux_Chenes_2022_ SBES_xyz (Single-beam bathymetry xyz data in both WGS84 (G2139) ellipsoid and NAD83 NAVD88 GEOID12A and data dictionary )
Point_Aux_Chenes_2022_ SBES_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID12A_ UTM16N_10m_DEM (Single-beam 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
Point_Aux_Chenes_2022_ SBES_Tracklines (Single-beam bathymetry tracklines in WGS84 (G2139) and data dictionary)
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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