1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2013-030-FA

Identifier 2013-030-FA
Purpose Complete marine geophysical survey of Barnegat Bay and Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Location Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, United States, North America
Summary Conducted 6 days of geophysical mapping during 12 hour days on R/V Rafael working from Tuckerton, NJ. 1 day of SEABOSS samples/video/photos, Collected approximately 280 kms of bathymetry, backscatter, and seismics. Occupied 15 SEABOSS stations and collected sediment samples, bottom video and photography at each station
Info derived Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;Bathymetric maps;
Comments Project = Barnegat Bay Seafloor Mapping,
Related activities
2011-041-FA: Project
2012-003-FA: Project
2013-014-FA: Project
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Tuckerton, NJ 2013-09-09
End Tuckerton, NJ 2013-09-19
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -74.33074951
East -74.2409516
North 39.62038181
South 39.46117244

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Brian Andrews
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Brian Andrews
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jennifer Miselis (PI) USGS St. Petersburg

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Location-Elevation, Biological Field Study, Imagery, Sampling, Visual Identification, Seismics
Data type: Interferometric, Navigation, Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Species ID, Sound Velocity, Sidescan, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBOSS Stainless steel framework that measures 1.1 x 1.1 meters and weighs 167 kilograms overall. House a van veen grab sampler as well as a having a digital camera and video camera mounted on the frame. Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 2
Digital video camera Video camera mounted on the SEABOSS frame Video (no data reported)
Canon G12 Canon PowerShot G12, is mounted in a machined Delrin housing with a flat port and mounted on the SEABOSS frame. Photo 2
SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Interferometric 7
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)
Sensor - SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Real Time Kinematic GPS Navigation (no data reported)
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler 3
Edgetech 4200 sidescan Sidescan 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
LittleEggHbrBS_1m Edgetech 4200 sidescan One meter mosaic of acoustic backscatter data acquired using an EdgeTech 4200 sidescan sonar within Little Egg Harbor (Barnegat Bay) New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2013 Brian Andrews

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
BarnBaySEABOSSTrks SeaBOSS Tracklines for bottom video collected using the MINI-SEABOSS sampler in Barnegat Bay, NJ by the U.S. Geological Survey during 3 surveys in 2012 and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySedSample SeaBOSS Sediment sample locations and grain size results from samples collected in Barnegat Bay, NJ by the U.S. Geological Survey during 3 surveys in 2012 and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBotPhotos Canon G12 Bottom Photographs in JPEG format acquired using a SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBotPhotos_locs Canon G12 Locations of photographs acquired using a SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbtg10m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Continuous terrain model for water circulation studies, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (10 meter resolution, 32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 18, WGS 84). Includes USGS data and NOAA data. Brian Andrews
TerrainBnd SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous terrain model for water circulation studies: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84) Brian Andrews
BarnBayBathTrks SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Survey tracklines along which bathymetric data were collected with a SEA Ltd., SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar with in the Barnegat Bay, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayInletsBS_1m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz One meter mosaic of acoustic backscatter data acquired using a SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar in Barnegat and Little Egg Inlets, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbbath2m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 2 meter Arc Raster grid of bathymetry acquired using a SEA Ltd. SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbtgsp10m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 10 meter bathymetric grid of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey produced from trackline bathymetry collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbay_crossline_bathymetry SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 2 meter Arc Raster grid of bathymetry acquired along cross lines using a SEA Ltd. SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySeisShot100 EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Seismic shots at 100 shot intervals collected using an EdgeTech 424 chirp seismic-reflection data by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Barnegat Bay, NJ in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySeisTrks EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Survey lines along which EdgeTech 424 chirp seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Barnegat Bay, NJ in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BBay_seismic_profiles EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler PNG formatted images of EdgeTech 424 seismic-reflection profiles collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Barnegat Bay, NJ in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBSTrks Edgetech 4200 sidescan Survey tracklines along which backscatter data were collected with a Klein 3000, EdgeTech 4200 sidescan sonar and a SEA Ltd., SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar with in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity