Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-304-FA

Other ID: 25BIM01=WVR1; 25BIM02=WVR2

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)

Principal Investigator(s): David Thompson, Margaret Palmsten

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mark Buckley

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: 2025-02-26

End Date: 2025-02-26

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:

Staff: Christopher Bemelmans, Benjamin Galbraith, Maxwell Reynolds, Nancy DeWitt, Billy Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

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

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