2012-026-FA (CMHRP activity #2424)

Field Activity 2012-026-FA

Identifier

2012-026-FA

Purpose

Install water-level recorders on Chandeleur Islands

Location

Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;, Chandeleur Islands

Summary

Chandeleur Islands berm studies. Deployed four buried pressure sensors in shallow wells, and one atmos. pressure sensor on radio tower. Took photos surface sediment samples at four wellsites.

Info derived

Time series data;Grain size analysis;

Comments

Project = BERM/Chandeleur Study, BERM/Chandeleur Study

Platform

Halimeda

Itinerary

Start	Biloxi, MS	2012-07-09
End	Biloxi, MS	2012-07-13
Days in the field	5

Bounds

West	-88.9948
East	-88.67065
North	30.09761
South	29.78345

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

Patrick DickhudtChristopher R Sherwood

Crew members

Patrick Dickhudt

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Patrick Dickhudt

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Chris Smith, USGS St. Petersburg

Affiliate staff

Nancy Dewitt, USGS St. Pete Chris Reich, USGS St. Pete Kyle Kelso, USGS St. Pete

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type:	Photo, Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Digital camera	Photo	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Pressure	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
data from 2012-026-FA	Pressure	All data from Chandeleur Island BIER program	Ellyn Montgomery