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

Field Activity 12ACH01

Identifier 12ACH01
Alternate names BERM
Purpose Deployment of 2 Seabird wave gauges
Location Chandeleur Islands, LA
Summary Scuba operations to install wave gauges and ellipsoid heights of said gauges.
Info derived Accurate water levels for inclusion in Berm response models.
Comments Additional Equipment Used: Batteries, Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) Staff to include Charles Worley from WH and one other yet to be determined.
Platform
Halimeda
Itinerary
Start Pt. Cadet Marina, MS 2012-02-22
End Pt. Cadet Marina, MS 2012-02-26
Bounds
West -89.0977
East -88.25172777
North 30.15746418
South 29.38476764
Topic 2
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Nathaniel G PlantSallenger, Abby
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Thompson, Philip
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Thompson, Philip
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: Temperature, Photo, Benchmarks, Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Water Level Recorder Benchmarks (no data reported)
Ashtech Z-Xtreme DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Choke Ring Antenna Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Sea-Bird Wave and Tide Logger (SBE 26plus) Temperature, Tide, Wave, Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Camera, Digital, Hand Held Photo (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity