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Field Activity 1992-034-FA

Identifier 1992-034-FA
Alternate names 252
Purpose Conduct acceptance testing of USGS mid-range sidescan sonar tow vehicle.
Location New Jersey, Deep Water Dump Site 106 (DWDS106), United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Project = Sonar Test, Sonar Test
Platform
Oceanus
Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1992-07-31
End Woods Hole, MA 1992-08-04
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -72.5
East -70.5
North 42
South 38.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Thomas F O'Brien
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
William C Schwab
Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
Schneider, Christopher
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff USGS-PMG: Larry Kooker; Zydeco Sci. Software: Chuck Denham; WHOI: Skip Gleason; Datasonics: Marc Parent, Bill Dalton, Changle Fang, Fred Hegg, Skip Pelletier; Triton Technology: Ron Schaaf

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SIS-7000 sidescan Sidescan (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
ORE track point acoustic navigation system Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity