Field Activity 1997-005-FA

Identifier 1997-005-FA
Purpose Sidescan survey of grouper spawning habitat.
Location west Florida shelf edge, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 100 line-km of boomer data; 1185 line-km of sidescan sonar and 3.5 data.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Kathy Scanlon (Ch.Sci.); Ken Parolski (E.T.); Jane Denny (sidescan sonar processing); Scott Harrison (sidescan sonar processing). Project = West Florida Shelf Edge Habitat Mapping, West Florida Shelf Edge Habitat Mapping
Platform
Chapman
Length 127 feet; beam 29.6 feet; draft 14 feet.
Itinerary
Start Pascagoula, MS 1997-03-20
End Panama City, FL 1997-03-31
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -86.2407
East -83.65783
North 29.63267
South 24.89983

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Crew members
Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Scientist, Staff
Jane F Denny
Scientist, Staff
Harrison, Scott
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Churchill Grimes - NOAA
Affiliate staff Cliff Harper - NOAA (E.T.)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar, Seismics
Data type: Boomer, Navigation, Sidescan, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Navigation log GPS navigation log containing line number, time, latitude, and longitude. Also includes cruise personnel.
Navigation log Continuation navigation log containing line number, time, latitude, and longitude. Also has slant range and antenna configuration.
Sidescan log Seismic/ISIS field log with line and file names and start and end times.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom Boomer (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 1
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Sidescan 2
ISIS Sidescan (no data reported)
3.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
Echosounder Single Beam 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Sidescan mosaic Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Linda P McCarthy
1997-005-FA-SE-001 3.5 kHz Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
Bathymetry GIS data Echosounder Linda P McCarthy

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
of99-589_1997-005-FAdata Single channel hydrophone Shapefiles of data from the west Florida Shelf in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico including sediment data and interpretations of shelf-edge habitats. Dataset include interpretations based on the sidescan mosaic, the sidescan mosaic, seismic-reflection profile images, sediment sample locations, and tracklines. Data are available in geographic and UTM zone 16. Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
of99-589_1997-005-FAdata Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Shapefiles of data from the west Florida Shelf in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico including sediment data and interpretations of shelf-edge habitats. Dataset include interpretations based on the sidescan mosaic, the sidescan mosaic, seismic-reflection profile images, sediment sample locations, and tracklines. Data are available in geographic and UTM zone 16. Kathryn Scanlon Catanach

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity