Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Integrated sea floor characterization (LQ00UQN)
Principal Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Wayne Baldwin
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sound Velocity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect high resolution bathymetry data to image mudflows
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Venice, LA
End Port/Location: Venice, LA
Start Date: 2024-09-08
End Date: 2024-09-18
Equipment Used: Reson T20-P, POS-MV, AML Minos X
Information to be Derived: bathymetry and backscatter
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected approximately 28 square kilometers of multibeam echosounder bathymetry and backscatter along the Mississippi River Delta Front.
Staff: Eric Moore, William Danforth, Wayne Baldwin, Liesel Vanderveen, Patrick Berube, Alexander Nichols
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Mississippi River Delta Front
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 29.28879439 | South: 28.92163128 | West: -89.41772461 | East: -88.95629883 |
Platform(s):
 O'Brien |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reson T20-P | Collected multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data | Multibeam Water column reflectivity | |
| POS-MV | Provided navigation and attitude data for T-20P MBES acquisition. | Navigation | |
| AML Minos X | collected water column sound velocity profiles | Sound Velocity |
