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

Field Activity 2024-015-FA

Identifier 2024-015-FA
Purpose To collect high resolution bathymetry data to image mudflows
Location Mississippi River Delta Front
Summary Collected approximately 28 square kilometers of multibeam echosounder bathymetry and backscatter along the Mississippi River Delta Front.
Info derived bathymetry and backscatter
Projects
Platform
O'Brien
Length 26 feet; marine grade aluminum
Itinerary
Start Venice, LA 2024-09-08
End Venice, LA 2024-09-18
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -89.41772461
East -88.95629883
North 29.28879439
South 28.92163128

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jason Chaytor
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Berube
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Liesel K Vanderveen
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Wayne E Baldwin
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Sound Velocity, Navigation, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Reson T20-P Collected multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data Multibeam, Water column reflectivity (no data reported)
POS-MV Provided navigation and attitude data for T-20P MBES acquisition. Navigation (no data reported)
AML Minos X collected water column sound velocity profiles Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity