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

Field Activity 15TST01

Identifier 15TST01
Purpose Test swath and seismic (chirp 424) equipment settings, prior to upcoming fieldwork being conducted in the Chandeleur Islands, LA.
Location Tampa Bay, FL
Summary acoustic mapping
Info derived Topobathy and sub-bottom profiling.
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.
Platform
25-ft Parker
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually - Silver (GSA)
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2015-09-08
End St. Petersburg, FL 2015-09-10
Bounds
West -82.8685
East -82.3520694
North 28.08349145
South 27.5224861
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer L MiselisStanley D Locker
Crew members
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Jennifer L Miselis
Scientist, Staff
Stanley D Locker
Scientist, Staff
Joseph J Fredericks
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information
Joseph J Fredericks
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal na

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
F190 DGPS/IMU Navigation (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Multichannel, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sonobuoy (no data reported)
Chirp 424 Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Interferometric Bathymetry System Interferometric (no data reported)
Valeport SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity