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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-325-FA

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Other ID: 23BIM05, 23BIM06, 23BIM07, 23BIM08, 23BIM09, 23BIM10, 23BIM11, 23BIM12, 23BIM13, 23BIM14

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Hurricane Ida Supplemental Funding (GX.22.MN00.UN810.23)

Principal Investigator(s): Julie Bernier, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Chelsea Stalk, Nancy DeWitt, Julie Bernier

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Bathymetric assessment of changes in seafloor elevations; collect sub-bottom data around Hewes Point and cut north of Monkey Bayou.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA), Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA), Chevy Suburban Silver, Ford F-250 Stone Grey

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 2023-06-10

End Date: 2023-08-11

Equipment Used: Castaway-CTD, TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor, SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, Multibeam Bathymetry System, Chirp 424, Chirp 216, Applanix POS-MV DGPS/IMU, Choke Ring Antenna, Collapsible Tripod, SP90 GNSS Receiver

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, sub-bottom profiles.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 40 lines of chirp 424 and 2216 sub-bottom data. Bathymetric data were also acquired.

Staff: Sabrina Levinson, Chelsea Stalk, Maxwell Reynolds, Billy Reynolds, Erin Lyons, Kyle Kelso, Benjamin Galbraith, Andrew Farmer, Nancy DeWitt, Julie Bernier, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: SubFANs by vessel:
23BIM05: Sallenger
23BIM06: TwinVee
23BIM07: Mako
23BIM08: WVR1
23BIM09: WVR2
23BIM10: Sallenger (Leg 2)
23BIM11: TwinVee (Leg 2)
23BIM12: Mako (Leg 2)
23BIM13: WVR1 (Leg 2)
23BIM14: WVR2 (Leg 2)

Location:

Chandeleur Islands, LA

Boundaries
North: 30.08728271 South: 29.73003347 West: -89.01172969 East: -88.70421443

Platform(s):

photo of Mako (SP)
Mako (SP)
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)
photo of Sallenger
Sallenger
photo of Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)
Twin Vee (Jabba Jaw)

Publications

Forde, A.S., Miselis, J.L., Stalk, C.A., Buster, N.A., 2024, Chirp Sub-Bottom Profile Geophysical Data Collected in 2023 From the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1HOLGKM.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Castaway-CTD --- Sound Velocity
TSS DMS-05 Motion Sensor --- Interferometric
Single Beam
SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor --- Single Beam
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam
Multibeam Bathymetry System --- Multibeam
Chirp 424 --- Sub Bottom Profiler
2023-325-FA_segy (Digital chirp sub-bottom trace data)
2023-325-FA_nav (Navigation data for the entire survey, 1000-shot-interval locations, and start of line locations and data dictionary )
2023-325-FA_seisimag (Processed sub-bottom profile images)
2023-325-FA_gis (Sub-bottom profile data geospatial files and data dictionary )
Chirp 216 --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Applanix POS-MV DGPS/IMU --- Navigation
Choke Ring Antenna --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Collapsible Tripod --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
SP90 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation

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