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Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-304-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Next-Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast (GX.25.MN00.U0310.00)

Contact(s): David Thompson, Margaret Palmsten

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt, Billy Reynolds

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Resurveying the single-beam Echosounder Data (SBES) tracklines acquired under FAN 2024-306-FA. Bathymetry data will assist researchers with wave data interpretation on and benthic morphology of the seafloor on the approach to and within the view of the the camera system.

Vehicle(s): Chevy Suburban Silver

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2025-02-28

End Date: 2025-03-01

Equipment Used: ODOM-Echotrac CV-100, SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor, Castaway-CTD, SP90 GNSS Receiver, Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS

Information to be Derived: SBES xyz, SBES tracklines

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-306-FA. Each personal water craft will collect specific data types and be assigned a sub-FAN.

Location:

Madeira Beach, FL

Boundaries
North: 27.8044616 South: 27.76163368 West: -82.87605286 East: -82.78507233

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)

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Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam
SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor --- Single Beam
Castaway-CTD --- Sound Velocity
SP90 GNSS Receiver --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
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