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

Field Activity 2017-020-FA

Identifier 2017-020-FA
Purpose Survey using Jetyak
Location West Falmouth Harbor, Massachusetts,United States
Summary a bathymetric map of the seafloor was obtained from the Hummingbird system mounted on the jetyak.
Info derived Maps of seafloor and eel grass extent
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-027-FA
Projects
Platform
Knob
16 feet
Itinerary
Start West Falmouth, MA 2017-04-24
End West Falmouth, MA 2017-04-24
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.6555
East -70.63402176
North 41.61076464
South 41.5974726

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Christopher R Sherwood
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Steven E Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Christopher R Sherwood
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Traykovski, WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) Sidescan, Single Beam, Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity