1995-043-FA (CMHRP activity #1348)

Field Activity 1995-043-FA

Identifier

1995-043-FA

Purpose

Image nearshore area off Long Beach, Long Island, using high-resolution sidescan sonar, fathometer, and boomer seismic reflection systems.

Location

New York Bight Apex, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

The majority of data collected is worthless due to bad weather from acoustic noise.

Comments

Sorry for the short notice. This will bring a lot of funds into the center. Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab - P.I., Dave Twichell - Watchstander, Dave Nichols - Electronics Technician.

URL

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-295/

Platform

Argo Maine

Length 80 feet; beam 24 feet; draft 10 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1995-12-05
End	Woods Hole, MA	1995-12-15
Days in the field	10

Bounds

West	-73.92
East	-73.5
North	40.52
South	40.46

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

William C Schwab

Crew members

David C Twichell	Scientist, Staff
William C Schwab	Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

William C Schwab

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Bill Corso - USACOE

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Navigation, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief scientist's cruise report including personnel, objectives, equipment, tabulated information.
Q-Mips log	Q-Mips sidescan sonar field log identifying line and file names, sea-floor description, and equipment performance.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Klein 531 sidescan	Sidescan	1
Boomer	Boomer	(no data reported)
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1995-043-FA-SO-001	Klein 531 sidescan	Digital tape(s) of SSS-L1-3, SSS L4-7, SSS L7-8,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-043-FA-SE-001	Single channel hydrophone	Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines	Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-043-FA-SE-002	Single channel hydrophone	microfilm of DIGITAL SSS NOT FILMED	Nancy K. Soderberg