2003-004-FA (CMHRP activity #1820)

Field Activity 2003-004-FA

Identifier

2003-004-FA

Purpose

Map inner shelf.

Location

Raleigh Bay, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Really bad weather kept this cruise at the dock for 99% of the time.

Info derived

Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Dave Foster (CS); Tom O'Brien (acq.); Charles Worley (acq.); Christopher Polloni (acq.); Edward Sweeney (proc.); Emily Himmelstoss (sidescan). Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies

Platform

Atlantic Surveyor

Length 110 feet; beam 26 feet; draft 9 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Atlantic Beach, NC	2003-07-02
End	Atlantic Beach, NC	2003-07-16
Days in the field	12

Bounds

West	-76.75
East	-75.38
North	35.36
South	34.48

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

E. Robert Thieler

Crew members

Emily Himmelstoss	Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.	Scientist, Staff
Sweeney, Edward	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Hammar-Klose, Erika

Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

T. McDowell - UNC (seismic)

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Photo, Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Interferometric, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Boomer	Boomer	(no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler	Geology	(no data reported)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Klein 3000	Sidescan	(no data reported)
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz	Interferometric	(no data reported)
Digital camera	Photo	1
HYPACK	Navigation	(no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2003-004-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Charles R Worley