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Field Activity Details for field activity D101GB

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AKA: none

Other ID: D-1-01-GB

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Biological Resources Division, Columbia River Research Lab

Funding Program(s): National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies (MU195)

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Philip Hooge

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andy Stevenson

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect multibeam bathymetry and backscatter in lower Glacier Bay

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Bartlett Cove, AK

End Port/Location: Bartlett Cove, AK

Start Date: 2001-05-29

End Date: 2001-06-06

Equipment Used: GPS, CTD, datalogger, sidescansonar, multibeam, dynamicmotionsensor

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, backscatter, navigation

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Data objectives met, system functioned well

Staff: Andy Stevenson

Affiliate Staff:
Elizabeth Hooge (USGS BRD) - Watchstander

Notes: For raw and intermediate data sets, contact Rani Nandiwada

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Philip Hooge (USGS BRD) - Chief Scientist
Elizabeth Hooge (USGS BRD) - Watchstander
Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Data Tech

Location:

Glacier Bay, Alaska

Boundaries
North: 58.75267 South: 58.35309 West: -136.397 East: -135.91517

Platform(s):


Davidson

Publications

Carlson, P.R., Hooge, P., Cochrane, G., Stevenson, A., Dartnell, P., and Lee, K., 2002, Multibeam Bathymetry and Selected Perspective Views of Main Part of Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-391, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/0391/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data d-1-01-gb.062 (Provisional best file)
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
datalogger --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
multibeam --- Multibeam
multibeam (on off file)
dynamicmotionsensor --- Navigation

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