2004-041-FA (CMHRP activity #1920)

Field Activity 2004-041-FA

Identifier

2004-041-FA

Alternate names

NOAA H11346, H11079, and H11076

Purpose

Multibeam bathymetric surveying for charting applications.

Location

Quicks Hole, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;Great Round Shoal, Masachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

This leg was only part of the NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON's 2004 field season in Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts waters. As part of this effort, five multibeam bathymetric surveys (with ancillary sidescan sonar and CHIRP sub-bottom data) were completed. The NOAA projects identifier for Long Island Sound is OPR-B370-TJ; for southern Massachusetts it is S-B904-TJ.

Comments

LIS surveys completed during 2004 include: H11255 (sheet S - 754 km multibeam), H11360 (sheet T - 1086 km), and H11361 (sheet U - 1618 km). Southern MA surveys completed during 2004 include: H11076 (Quicks Hole - 557 km) and H11079 (Great Round Shoal). Original Center People field contained: Tom O'Brien, mobilization/installation of CHIRP sub-bottom system. Project = CT Co-op Task of Sea and Lakefloor Mapping, CT Co-op Task of Sea and Lakefloor Mapping

Platform

Thomas Jefferson

Length: 208 feet; Beam: 45 feet.

Itinerary

Start	New London, CT	2004-09-19
End	Woods Hole, MA	2004-10-02
Days in the field	12

Bounds

West	-72.8333
East	-69.75
North	41.53333
South	40.93333

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

Lawrence J Poppe

Crew members

Thomas F O'Brien

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Lawrence J Poppe

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Marc Moser, NOAA

Affiliate staff

Lt. Marc Moser, NOAA, Head of Processing

Data types and categories

Data category:	Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam, Sidescan, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Simrad EM 1000	Multibeam	3
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Boomer	Boomer	(no data reported)
Sidescan sonar	Sidescan	2
Reson 7125	Multibeam	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Dataset contact
1-m Bathymetric ArcRaster Grid of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11076 of Quicks Hole	Simrad EM 1000	Linda P McCarthy
2-m Bathymetric Grid of NOAA Survey H11255 in Long Island Sound	Simrad EM 1000	Linda P McCarthy
3-m Bathymetric Grid of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11079 of Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts	Simrad EM 1000	Linda P McCarthy
1-meter Composite Grayscale Image of the Sidescan Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11079 of the Sea Floor in Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts	Sidescan sonar	Linda P McCarthy
Composite Grayscale Image of the Sidescan Sonar Data From National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Survey H11076 of the Sea Floor in Quicks Hole, MA	Sidescan sonar	Linda P McCarthy