Field Activity 2011-013-FA

Identifier 2011-013-FA
Purpose Sea floor mapping along the Elizabeth Islands, Middle Ground, Hedge Fence, and L'Hommedieu Shoals
Location Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;Middle Ground, Vineyard Sound, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary Data were collected on 19 days during daylight ops on R/V Rafael between 2-31 Aug 2011.
Info derived Sea floor map;Bathymetric maps;Morphology;
Comments Project = MCZM/B. Bay & Vineyard Sound,
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2011-08-01
End Woods Hole, MA 2011-08-31
Days in the field 19
Bounds
West -70.832
East -70.43871
North 41.55434
South 41.42999

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David S Foster
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews
Scientist, Staff
Emile Bergeron
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Brian Andrews
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Interferometric, Multibeam, Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sound Velocity, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Survey Log for 2011-013-FA Survey Log for 2011-013-FA

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Knudsen CHirp 3200 Specifically the Knudsen 3202 Sub Bottom Profiler 1
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Interferometric 2
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
HYPACK Navigation 1
Sensor - SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Klein 3000 Sidescan (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2011-013-FA-SE-001-01 Knudsen CHirp 3200 Seismic Profile data (Knudsen) published in: Pendleton, E.A., Andrews, B.D., Danforth, W.W., and Foster, D.S. 2013, High-resolution geophysical data from sand shoals of Vineyard Sound and the seafloor surrounding the eastern Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1020, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/ Brian Andrews
2011-013-FA-BA-001-01 SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Final processed SWATHplus data are published in OFR 2013-1020 Pendleton, E.A., Andrews, B.D., Danforth, W.W., and Foster, D.S. 2013, High-resolution geophysical data from sand shoals of Vineyard Sound and the seafloor surrounding the eastern Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1020, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/. Brian Andrews
2011-013-FA-SO-001-01 SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Backscatter data (Klein and some SWATHplus) Pendleton, E.A., Andrews, B.D., Danforth, W.W., and Foster, D.S. 2013, High-resolution geophysical data from sand shoals of Vineyard Sound and the seafloor surrounding the eastern Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1020, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/ Brian Andrews
2011-013-FA-LN-001-01 HYPACK Hypack navigation files are published in: Pendleton, E.A., Andrews, B.D., Danforth, W.W., and Foster, D.S. 2013, High-resolution geophysical data from sand shoals of Vineyard Sound and the seafloor surrounding the eastern Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2013-1020, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1020/. Brian Andrews

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
BuzzBay_10m Buzzards Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum) Brian Andrews
BuzzBay_Source Buzzards Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83) Brian Andrews
Ntkt_VS_10m Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum) Brian Andrews
Ntkt_VS_Source Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, Southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83) Brian Andrews

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity