2010-015-FA (CMHRP activity #2251)

Field Activity 2010-015-FA

Identifier

2010-015-FA

Purpose

Verify multibeam and sidescan sonar datasets in eastern Long Island Sound.

Location

Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Summary

Bottom sampling and photography were performed to ground-truth NOAA hydrographic surveys H11997, H11999, and H12012. Nine of the stations were occupied in support of a CT DEP Marine Fisheries project.

Comments

Project = Geology of the State of Connecticut, Geology of the State of Connecticut

Platform

OSV Bold

Length 224 feet; draft 15 feet.

Itinerary

Start	New London, CT	2010-05-24
End	New London, CT	2010-05-28
Days in the field	4

Bounds

West	-72.6718
East	-72.09503
North	41.3397
South	41.00685

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

Dann S Blackwood

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Lawrence J Poppe	Specialist, Information
Dann S Blackwood	Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Matt Liebman, EPA; Deb Pacileo, CT DEP

Affiliate staff

Marcel Balaval, EPA Jared Balavender, CT DEP Marilyn St. Fleur, EPA Mike Gobell, URI John Gobell, volunteer

Data types and categories

Data category:	Biological Field Study, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Visual Identification, Other
Data type:	Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Photo, Video, Navigation, Biology, Geology, Species ID

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
SeaBOSS	Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	(no data reported)
Digital camera	Photo	1
GPS (wh)	Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2010-015-FA-PH-002	Digital camera	Deck photos of field operations	Lawrence J Poppe