Field Activity S207SC

Identifier S207SC
Alternate names S-2-07-SC
Purpose Seafloor mapping using SEASwath sonar and video groundtruthing to characterize substrate type in the nearshore waters southwest of Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Guy Cochrane. Submetrix Swath Bathymetric and Video data (Submetrix, underwatercamera, soundvelocityprofiler) of field activity S-2-07-SC in Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California from 08/06/2007 to 08/18/2007
Location Southern California
Info derived Bathymetry, acoustic backscatter, water-bottom video
Comments files on /imgarc2/S-2-07-SC Staff information imported from InfoBank Guy Cochrane (USGS) - Chief Scientist Mike Boyle (USGS) - Electronics Technician Gerry Hatcher (USGS) - Electronics Technician David Finlayson (USGS) - Sonar Technician Eleyne Phillips (USGS) - GIS Specialist Donna Schroeder (UCSB) - Biologist Non USGS data manager = Eleyne Phillips
Projects
Platform
Shearwater
62-foot high-speed Teknicraft catamaran; beam 24 feet; Draft 3 feet.
Itinerary
Start Santa Barbara Harbor 2007-08-06
End Santa Barbara Harbor 2007-08-18
Bounds
West -120.354
East -119.2629
North 34.40902
South 33.88458
Activity Submetrix Swath Bathymetric and Video

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Guy R Cochrane
Crew members
Gerald Hatcher
Scientist, Staff
David P Finlayson
Scientist, Staff
Michael E Boyle
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Guy R Cochrane
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Eleyne Phillips (USGS) - GIS Specialist,Donna Schroeder (UCSB) - Biologist

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Submetrix Sub Bottom Profiler 1
underwatercamera Photo (no data reported)
GPS Navigation 2
soundvelocityprofiler Sound Velocity 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
File list Submetrix Guy R Cochrane
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Guy R Cochrane
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-2-07-sc.061 GPS Provisional best file Guy R Cochrane
Acoustic backscatter data collected in 2007 from the San Miguel Passage in the Channel Islands, California soundvelocityprofiler This portion of the data release presents acoustic backscatter data from the San Miguel Passage, in the Channel Islands, California. The data were collected in August 2007 by the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (USGS, PCMSC) using a 234.5 kHz SEA (AP) Ltd. SWATHplus-M phase-differencing sidescan sonar mounted on the NOAA, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary R/V Shearwater as part of the research cruise S-2-07-SC. Data were collected in water depths up to 89 meters. The San Miguel Passage is within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and is the body of water between the two western-most islands of the chain - Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands. The data were processed at the USGS, PCMSC to create a 2-meter resolution TIFF raster, presented here. Guy R Cochrane
Bathymetry data collected in 2007 from the San Miguel Passage in the Channel Islands, California soundvelocityprofiler This portion of the data release presents bathymetry data from the San Miguel Passage, in the Channel Islands, California. Bathymetry data were collected in the San Miguel Passage, Channel Islands, California in August 2007 by the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (USGS, PCMSC). Collection was accomplished using a 234.5 kHz SEA (AP) Ltd. SWATHplus-M phase-differencing sidescan sonar mounted on the NOAA, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary R/V Shearwater as part of the USGS research cruise S-2-07-SC. Data were collected in water depths up to 89 meters. The San Miguel Passage is within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and is the body of water between the two western-most islands of the chain - Santa Rosa and San Miguel Islands. The data were processed at the USGS, PCMSC to create a 2-meter resolution TIFF raster, presented here. Guy R Cochrane

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity