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

Field Activity 12TST01

Identifier 12TST01
Alternate names Mock Surveys
Purpose To test new acquisition settings, to improve swath data quality, and to refine recently developed processing protocols
Location Tampa Bay
Info derived Useful acquisition settings & protocols; changes/updates to latest processing protocols
Comments This is not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection. The Research Topic of TST (short for Test) has been assigned.
Platform
G.K. Gilbert
40'
Glacier Bay Cat Boat
Aka RV Survey Cat or Cat Boat
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2012-01-09
End St. Petersburg, FL 2012-01-31
Bounds
West -82.8465
East -82.38502843
North 27.9390792
South 27.49452783
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer L Miselis
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Julie C Bernier
Scientist, Staff
Noreen A Buster
Scientist, Staff
Pfeiffer, William
Scientist, Staff
Kyle W Kelso
Scientist, Staff
Dana S Wiese
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information
Julie C Bernier
Specialist, Information
Noreen A Buster
Specialist, Information
Pfeiffer, William
Specialist, Information
Kyle W Kelso
Specialist, Information
Dana S Wiese
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects, Biology, Geology, Interferometric, Multibeam, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigation (no data reported)
Interferometric Bathymetry System Interferometric (no data reported)
F190 DGPS/IMU Navigation (no data reported)
Valeport Mini Sound Velocity Probe Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Bottom Grab Sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity