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Field Activity Details for field activity S0114MB

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-01-14-MB

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies: Pacific (ZP000LD)

Principal Investigator(s): Peter Dartnell

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Peter Dartnell

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Interferometric

Scientific Purpose/Goals: collect high-resolution bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data for seafloor geology and habitat mapping

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Start Date: 2014-04-03

End Date: 2014-04-03

Equipment Used: SWATH plus-M , POS MV

Information to be Derived: bathymetry and acoustic backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: collected bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data for geology and benthic habitat mapping

Staff: Peter Dartnell, David Finlayson, Jennifer White, Robert Wyland

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: CA Seafloor Mapping Project

Location:

Monterey Bay

Boundaries
North: 37 South: 36.75 West: -122.5 East: -121.75

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Dartnell, P., Maier, K.L., Erdey, M.D., Dieter, B.E., Golden, N.E., Johnson, S.Y., Hartwell, S.R.,, Cochrane, G.R., Ritchie, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Kvitek, R.G., Sliter, R.W., Greene, H.G., Davenport, C.W., Endris, C.A., and Krigsman, L.M., 2016, California State Waters Map SeriesâMonterey Canyon and vicinity, California: In: Dartnell, P., Cochran, S.A. (Eds.). U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1072, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161072.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SWATH plus-M --- Interferometric
POS MV --- Navigation

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