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

Field Activity 12BIM03

Identifier 12BIM03
Purpose Barrier Island Mapping Change
Location Chandeleur Islands, LA (Berm area)
Summary Swath Bathymetry, side scan imagery, and chirp sub-bottom profiles
Info derived Barrier Island Mapping Change
Comments Shop Time: R. Hall, P. Thompson, K. Ludwig and L. Thornton all contributed with preparations by providing assistance for vessels, mounts and testing prior to departure.
Projects
Platform
Pilatus PC6
Survey Cat (Class 3)
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Itinerary
Start Biloxi, MS 2012-07-20
End Biloxi, MS 2012-08-04
Bounds
West -89.2076
East -88.20778246
North 30.22710095
South 29.27292108
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer L Miselis
Crew members
Keith A Ludwig
Scientist, Staff
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Julie C Bernier
Scientist, Staff
Pfeiffer, William
Scientist, Staff
Thompson, Philip
Scientist, Staff
Lance E Thornton
Scientist, Staff
Dana S Wiese
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Dana S Wiese
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects, Sub Bottom Profiler, Interferometric, Multibeam, Sidescan, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
F190 DGPS/IMU Navigation (no data reported)
Chirp 424 Sub Bottom Profiler 4
Sidescan Sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
Valeport SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Interferometric Bathymetry System Interferometric 6
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation 3
Geodometer 640 Total Station Navigation (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Klein Side Scan Sidescan (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Data series 856 arc Chirp 424 Chirp 424 data GIS Arnell S Forde
Data series 856 nav Chirp 424 Chirp 424 data navigation Arnell S Forde
Data series 856 profiles Chirp 424 Chirp 424 data profiles Arnell S Forde
Data series 856 segy Chirp 424 Chirp 424 data agc SEGY Arnell S Forde
12BIM03_IFB_ITRF05_xyz Interferometric Bathymetry System 2012 ASCII Point Files from Interferometric Bathymetry: ITRF05 Nancy T DeWitt
12BIM03_IFB_Mosaic Interferometric Bathymetry System Interferometric Swath Backscatter mosaic, 1-m resolution as Geotiff Nancy T DeWitt
12BIM03_IFB_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_xyz Interferometric Bathymetry System 2012 ASCII Point Files from Interferometric Bathymetry: NAD83_NVD88_GEOID09 Nancy T DeWitt
12BIM03_IFB_NAD83_NAVD88_MLLW_xyz Interferometric Bathymetry System 2012 ASCII Point Files from Interferometric Bathymetry: NAD83_MLLW Nancy T DeWitt
Chandeleurs_2012_50_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_DEM Interferometric Bathymetry System bathymetric (single-beam and swath) grid in Geotiff format, 50-m resolution Nancy T DeWitt
Data series 847 GIS Interferometric Bathymetry System Includes tracklines (swath (IFB), single-beam (SBB)), Base station locations, USGS Lidar extent, Backscatter mosaic, and bathymetric (swath and single-beam) grid. Nancy T DeWitt
12BIM03-BA-pd-6 Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Swath navigation tracklines Nancy T DeWitt
Processed 1,000-Shot-Interval Location Navigation Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Arnell S Forde
Processed Shotpoint Navigation Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Arnell S Forde

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity