Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-008-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Seth Ackerman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Christian Conroy (Univ of New Haven) Ivar Babb (Univ of Conn)

Information Specialist(s): Seth Ackerman

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video, Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect ground truth sediment samples, video and photographs to help characterize the seafloor geology and biota

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Start Port/Location: Groton/Avery Point, CT

End Port/Location: Groton/Avery Point, CT

Start Date: 2023-07-06

End Date: 2023-07-15

Equipment Used: Blackfly S 5MP camera , DSPL HD Mulit Seacam, SeaViewer 6000 HD Sea-Drop video camera, SeaBOSS, GoPro camera

Information to be Derived: grain size, seafloor character

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: SEABOSS operations were conducted in Long Island Sound aboard the R/V Connecticut from July 6-15, 2023 as part of an agreement with LISMaRC project, partnered with scientists at UConn and Univ of New Haven. A total of 91sampling sites were occupied during the survey where videos, still photographs and sediment samples were collected using the SEABOSS 2.0. Navigation was determined using a WAAS-enabled Hemisphere GPS receiver that was located directly above the SEABOSS winch (no offset to the deployment point was applied).

Staff: Maeve Munnelly, Charles Worley, Seth Ackerman

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Notes: SEABOSS operations will be conducted in Long Island Sound aboard the R/V Connecticut as part of an agreement with Univ of Connecticut (LISMaRC project) to map the geology and biota of Long Island Sound. This work is in conjunction with additional collaborators from University of New Haven and Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University).
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-056-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2018-018-FA.

Location:

Long Island Sound, Connecticut, United States, Atlantic Ocean

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