2011-015-FA (CMHRP activity #2357)

Field Activity 2011-015-FA

Identifier

2011-015-FA

Purpose

This is in response to a request for SeaBOSS for Mass CZM

Location

Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;Middle Ground, Vineyard Sound, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,

Summary

Sampling survey on the EPA's OSV Bold using the big SEABOSS

Info derived

Grain size analysis;

Comments

Project = MassCZM, MassCZM

Platform

OSV Bold

Length 224 feet; draft 15 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2011-09-09
End	Woods Hole, MA	2011-09-16
Days in the field	7

Bounds

West	-71.12
East	-69.9
North	41.99
South	41.19

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

William C Schwab

Crew members

Seth Ackerman	Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews	Scientist, Staff
Kate McMullen	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Seth Ackerman

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Dan Sampson (Mass CZM)

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise log	Acquisition log maintained during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (PDFs of Excel spreadsheets)

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
DGPS		Navigation	2
GoPro camera	GoPro HD HERO	Photo, Video	1
Osprey camera system	Kongsberg Simrad OE1365 video camera	Photo, Video	2
Digital camera	Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 camera	Photo	1
Van Veen grab sampler	ship's Van Veen used when SEABOSS system was not operational	Geology	1
SeaBOSS		Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2011-015-FA_nav	DGPS	Text files of the navigation logged during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (ASCII text and CSV files)	Seth Ackerman
2011-015-FA_videos	Osprey camera system	Location of bottom video tracklines collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (polyline shapefile)	Seth Ackerman

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2011-015-FA_photos	DGPS	Location of bottom still imagery along with images collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)	Seth Ackerman
2011-015-FA_photos	GoPro camera	Location of bottom still imagery along with images collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)	Seth Ackerman
2011-015-FA_photos	Osprey camera system	Location of bottom still imagery along with images collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)	Seth Ackerman
2011-015-FA_photos	Digital camera	Location of bottom still imagery along with images collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (JPEG images, point shapefile, and CSV file)	Seth Ackerman
2011-015-FA_samples	Van Veen grab sampler	Location and analysis of sediment samples collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (point shapefile and CSV file)	Seth Ackerman
2011-015-FA_samples	SeaBOSS	Location and analysis of sediment samples collected during field activity 2011-015-FA by the U.S. Geological Survey and Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management offshore of Massachusetts around Cape Cod and the Islands in September 2011 (point shapefile and CSV file)	Seth Ackerman