Field Activity 08SWL02

Identifier 08SWL02
Purpose Collect recent cm level accuracy bathymetry of submerged wetland areas in LA
Location Point Aux Chene; Bully Camp Oil and Gas Field; DeLarge Oil and Gas Field, LA
Info derived Single beam bathymetry (X, Y, Z) data, purpose to acquire the latest bathymetry to assist in calculating wetland subsidence
Comments Additional Equipment: Solonist 3001 LTC's water Level-loggers.
Platform
Ooid II
17' Boston Whaler
Itinerary
Start Houma, Louisiana 2008-08-07
End Houma, Louisiana 2008-08-17
Bounds
West -91.6232
East -90.76947582
North 29.85904082
South 29.15625396
Topic 76

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Richard Z Poore
Crew members
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Kyle W Kelso
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information
Kyle W Kelso
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Marimatech Echosounder Single Beam 1
Choke Ring Antenna The satellite L1/L2 signals were received via the Ashtech choke-ring antennas for the base station and the boat. The Ashtech Z-Xtreme GPS receivers interpret the signals and record the information as binary files. Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
08SWL02_SBB_xyz Marimatech Echosounder Single-beam bathymetric x,y,z data from the Bully Camp, Point au Chien, Caminada, Fourchon, and Leeville study areas Julie C Bernier

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity