Field Activity 1997-022-FA

Identifier 1997-022-FA
Purpose To develop and test a GPS system for measuring shoreline position changes. The specific purpose of this cruise was to test attitude sensors.
Location Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary See trackline log and plots submitted via paper copy.
Info derived Shoreline Erosion;
Comments Project = Hurricane and Large Storm Response, Hurricane and Large Storm Response
Platform
Swash-I
Itinerary
Start Nantucket, MA 1997-01-29
End Nantucket, MA 1997-02-02
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.05
East -69.95
North 41.4
South 41.2

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jeffrey H List
Crew members
Jeffrey H List
Scientist, Staff
Amy Farris
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Polloni, Christopher F.
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Mark Hansen: USGS-St. Petersburg; Bill Cottrell, Mark Bryant: Ashtech, Inc. representatives - demo of ADU2 instrument

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation, Transects

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
MAX IV ATV Navigation, Transects (no data reported)
Visual navigation Navigation (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1997-022-FA-LN-001 DGPS Trackmaps of Nantucket shoreline, January 30 - February 1, 1997. Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity