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

Field Activity 11TST05

Identifier 11TST05
Purpose At a location, adjacent to the St. Petersburg Pier, run multiple lines for comparison purposes.
Location Tampa Bay, FL
Summary Testing completed, profile comparison plots were created.
Info derived A comparison of the 3 seismic systems and to perform test of all settings for each system; Sub-bottom profile images.
Comments This is not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection; therefore, the Research Topic of TST (short for Test) was assigned. In addition to the boomer and chirp 512i a sparker system we just purchased was also tested.
Platform
G.K. Gilbert
40'
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2011-04-13
End St. Petersburg, FL 2011-04-13
Bounds
West -82.8904
East -82.18727456
North 28.03609388
South 27.55285657
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Dadisman, Shawn
Crew members
Dadisman, Shawn
Scientist, Staff
James G Flocks
Scientist, Staff
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Arnell S Forde
Scientist, Staff
Thompson, Philip
Scientist, Staff
Dana S Wiese
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Dadisman, Shawn
Specialist, Information
Dana S Wiese
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
C-Boom Low Voltage Boomer (LVB) Boomer (no data reported)
Chirp 512i Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Benthos Mesh Hydrophones with Triton Elics SBLogger Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity