Field Activity 2009-036-FA

Identifier 2009-036-FA
Alternate names R-36-09-BZ
Purpose Conduct a swath bathymetric survey of the entrance to Woods Hole Harbor over an area previously dredged (Spring 2009) down to a minimum of 25 feet to ascertain if the area is infilling with sediment or maintaining the dredged depth.
Location Woods Hole Harbor, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary We ran 8 lines to cover the survey area using our SEA SwathPlus system. 2 gigabytes of swath bathymetric data were collected, along with navigation from our HYPACK software.
Info derived Bathymetric maps;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Larry Poppe, Chief Scientist; Bill Danforth, Equipment Tech; Chuck Worley (or substitute), Boat Operator. Project = Geology of the State of Connecticut, Geology of the State of Connecticut
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2009-08-07
End Woods Hole, MA 2009-08-07
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.6728
East -70.66694
North 41.51611
South 41.50694

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Lawrence J Poppe
Crew members
Lawrence J Poppe
Scientist, Staff
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
William W Danforth
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Interferometric, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Interferometric (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity