2004-015-FA (CMHRP activity #1894)

Field Activity 2004-015-FA

Identifier

2004-015-FA

Purpose

Carry out multibeam survey (bathymetry and backscatter intensity) of an area offshore of Massachusetts in the southern Merrimack Embayment in the western Gulf of Maine. The survey will be carried out under contract by the University of New Hampshire.

Location

southern Merrimack Embayment, western Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) was contracted through UNH to conduct a multibeam survey on their survey vessel, the R/V OCEAN EXPLORER (leased from Northeast Marine Services).

Info derived

Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Comments

This cruise was carried out under contract to the University of New Hampshire; UNH and their subcontractor (SAIC) are responsible for all cruise logistics, data collection, processing and gridding. OCEAN EXPLORER will survey in 2-3 day legs, weather dependent; USGS personnel may participate in selected legs but will not participate in the entire cruise. USGS personnel will monitor data quality delivered after each leg. Cruise dates will depend on UNH contractor schedule, weather, and transfer of funds from the USGS to UNH. Original Center People field contained: William Danforth (data quality and archive), Brian Andrews (data quality and archive), Brad Butman (science and contracting). Original Submitted By field contained: Brad Butman and Brian Andrews. Project = Southern Merrimack Embayment Multibeam Survey, Southern Merrimack Embayment Multibeam Survey Information from Foghorn: Reson 8101 24 kHz; TSS POS/MV; Brooke Ocean Technology MVP30; SAIC will carry out this work using the R/V Ocean Explorer under subcontract to the University of New Hampshire (UNH).

URL

http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/coastal_mass/

Platform

Ocean Explorer

18M

Itinerary

Start	Gloucester, MA	2004-02-23
End	Gloucester, MA	2004-03-16
Days in the field	12

Bounds

West	-70.8333
East	-70.6
North	42.88333
South	42.65

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

Bradford Butman

Crew members

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
Bradford Butman	Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

William W Danforth

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire; Susan Snow-Cotter, MA CZM

Affiliate staff

Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire

Data types and categories

Data category:	Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type:	Sound Velocity, Navigation, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Reson 8101	Multibeam	2
Sensor - MVP30 (Odim)	Sound Velocity	1
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2004-015-FA-SO-001	Reson 8101	DVD ROM disk of FINALREPORT RAW BEAM 048/6-10, RAW MBEAM 049/1-17, 054/1-8, PROC SSS 054/3-6, 055/2-13, PROC SSS 055/14-18, 056/1-13, PROC SSS 056/14-31, 057/1-10, PROC SSS 057/12-13, 058/1-17, PROC SSS 058/18-22,, PROC SSS 059/17-20, 060/2-12, PROC SSS 060/13,15-20,, PROC SSS 061/11-22,074/3-20, PROC SSS 075/21-38,41-52,, PROC SSS 076/11-28,*,	Nancy K. Soderberg
Bathymetry GIS data	Reson 8101		Linda P McCarthy
2004-015-FA-BA-001	Sensor - MVP30 (Odim)	DVD ROM disk of FINALREPORT RAW BEAM 048/6-10, RAW MBEAM 049/1-17, 054/1-8, PROC SSS 054/3-6, 055/2-13, PROC SSS 055/14-18, 056/1-13, PROC SSS 056/14-31, 057/1-10, PROC SSS 057/12-13, 058/1-17, PROC SSS 058/18-22,, PROC SSS 059/17-20, 060/2-12, PROC SSS 060/13,15-20,, PROC SSS 061/11-22,074/3-20, PROC SSS 075/21-38,41-52,, PROC SSS 076/11-28,*,	Nancy K. Soderberg