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

Field Activity 2017-021-FA

Identifier 2017-021-FA
Purpose Jetyak operations to map Sandwich Town Beach nearshore
Location Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary Nearshore bathymetry of Town Neck Beach was obtained to complement Rafael mapping further offshore.
Info derived jetyak bathymetry and elevation/drone
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-030-FA
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Sandwich, MA 2017-04-27
End Sandwich, MA 2017-04-27
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.4908
East -70.42205817
North 41.78503467
South 41.73478262

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Ellyn Montgomery
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Steven E Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Eric D. Marsjanik
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Christopher R Sherwood
Specialist, Information

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