Field Activity 13BIM04

Identifier 13BIM04
Alternate names BIER-Geophysics3
Purpose Collect singlebeam bathymetry in the nearshore, surf zone, and around Hewes Point.
Location Northern Chandeleur Islands, LA
Summary Single-beam bathymetry (53 lines); sound velocity profile casts (4)
Info derived Singlebeam bathymetry
Comments FACS logs generated by J. Bernier from handwritten and digital field logs and notes.
Projects
Platform
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
White WaveRunner, R/V Shark
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Point Cadet Marina, Biloxi, MS 2013-07-05
End Point Cadet Marina, Biloxi, MS 2013-07-19
Bounds
West -89.2633152
East -88.4032917
North 30.27444937
South 29.71068041

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators James G FlocksJennifer L Miselis
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Kyle W Kelso
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information
Julie C Bernier
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Single-beam Acoustic Sounder Single Beam 4
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Ashtech ProFlex 800 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 Single Beam (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Chan13_GIS.zip Single-beam Acoustic Sounder Esri ArcGIS project Nancy T DeWitt
Chan13_SBB_tracklines.zip Single-beam Acoustic Sounder Single-beam tracklines Nancy T DeWitt
Chan13_SBB_xyz.zip Single-beam Acoustic Sounder Single-beam soundings Nancy T DeWitt
Chandeleurs_2013_50_NAD83_NAVD88_GEOID09_DEM.zip Single-beam Acoustic Sounder Bathymetry DEM 50-m cell size Nancy T DeWitt

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity