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Field Activity Details for field activity S477BS

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-4-77-BS

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Nome, AK

End Port/Location: Nome, AK

Start Date: 1977-07-07

End Date: 1977-07-13

Equipment Used: LoranC, Sparker, sparker, airgun, Other, miniranger, transitsatellite, 12khz, 3.5khz, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision, gravity, sidescansonar, CTD, Aanderaa, Bendix, Hydroproducts, MarshMcBirney, expendablebatthermograph, penetrometer, tempsalinometer, transmissometer, integratednavigation, boxcore, VanDornbottle, waterbucket, uniboom

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Ed Clukey, Dave Drake, Helen Gibbons, Ornulf Johannessen, Al McClenaghan, Jim Nicholson, Bill Richmond, John Saladin, Howard Sheppard, George Tate, Chuck Totman, Pat Wiberg, Bob Wilson

Affiliate Staff:
B. Muench - Oceanographer
Devin Thor - Geologist
J. Haslett - Electronics Technician
Jan Johnson (Noaa Seattle) - Geophysicist

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
B. Muench - Oceanographer
Bill Richmond - Watchstander
Bob Wilson - Mechanical Technician
Chuck Totman - Watchstander
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Devin Thor - Geologist
Ed Clukey - Unsp Investigatr
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Howard Sheppard - Chief Engineer
J. Haslett - Electronics Technician
Jan Johnson (Noaa Seattle) - Geophysicist
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
John Saladin - Electronics Technician
Ornulf Johannessen - Chief Mate
Pat Wiberg (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator

Location:

Bering Sea

Boundaries
North: 64.49124 South: 63.07554 West: -166.175 East: -161.55367

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Steele, W.C., Degnan, C.H., Deeter, G.B., and Riordan, J.A., 1989, Description of marine geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and how to obtain it: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-167, 26 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89167.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
LoranC --- Navigation
Sparker --- Sparker
sparker --- Sparker
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Other --- --- ---
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-4-77-bs.620
Miniranger Land Table in Lat/Long s-4-77-bs.640
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data s-4-77-bs.650
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-4-77-bs.000
12khz --- Single Beam
Tape list
Edited bathymetry data s-4-77-bs.335
Edited bathymetry data s-4-77-bs.335_011 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
underwatercamera --- Photo
Station Information
underwatertelevision --- Video
Station Information
gravity --- Gravity
Survey information
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
Survey information
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
Aanderaa --- Current
Station Information
Bendix --- Current
Station Information
Hydroproducts --- Chemistry
Station Information
MarshMcBirney --- Current
Station Information
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
Station Information
penetrometer --- Geology
Station Information
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
Station Information
transmissometer --- Turbidity
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Dead reckoning data s-4-77-bs.011 (Provisional best file)
Dead reckoning data s-4-77-bs.011_degree
Lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Survey information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
Station Information
VanDornbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
waterbucket --- Chemistry
Station Information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information

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