1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 07GME01

Identifier 07GME01
Alternate names Frog Creek Bathymetry Survey
Purpose To provide bathymetry of Frog Creek a freshwater tributary into Tampa Bay that will enhance the Tampa Bay Model Circulation Model construction
Location Tampa Bay, FL
Summary Surveyed over 7 kilometers of tracklines; Collected 3 days of static base station occupation time on National Geodetic Survey (NGS) benchmarks
Info derived High precision single beam bathymetry (X, Y, Z) data; purpose being to acquire the latest bathymetry to provide creek basin morphology to supplement the Tampa Bay Circulation Model
Platform
Gheenoe
Itinerary
Start Frog Creek Landing, Tampa Bay 2007-01-08
End Frog Creek Landing, Tampa Bay 2007-04-05
Bounds
West -82.6989
East -82.33217999
North 27.88854972
South 27.59328973
Topic 38
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Hearn, Cliff
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Single Beam, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Choke Ring Antenna Benchmarks, Navigation (no data expected)
Tripods Mooring (physical oceanography), Benchmarks, Navigation (no data expected)
Marimatech Echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity