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

Field Activity 11TST01

Identifier 11TST01
Alternate names Testing (Bathymetry Equipment)
Purpose Testing modified mount on R/V Survey Cat
Location Tampa Bay, FL
Summary Collected 13 lines swath data.
Info derived Swath Bathymetry to verify repeatability of the system using OmniSTAR.
Comments Additional Equipment Used: Laptop This was not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection. The Research Topic of TST (short for Test) was assigned.
Platform
Glacier Bay Cat Boat
Aka RV Survey Cat or Cat Boat
Itinerary
Start Tampa Bay, FL 2011-02-11
End Tampa Bay, FL 2011-02-11
Bounds
West -82.8637
East -82.28274168
North 28.03033592
South 27.58447033
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators James G FlocksJennifer L MiselisMark Erik Hansen
Crew members
James G Flocks
Scientist, Staff
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Dana S Wiese
Scientist, Staff
Mark Erik Hansen
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Benchmarks, Profiles, Transects, Interferometric, Multibeam, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Interferometric Bathymetry System Interferometric (no data reported)
F190 DGPS/IMU Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity