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

Field Activity 1997-035-FA

Identifier 1997-035-FA
Purpose Complete multibeam survey of Massachusetts Bay.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary 11/19/97 Gloucester; 11/20-24 survey Massachusetts Bay; 11/25-29 engine and weather; 11/30-12/1 survey Massachusetts Bay; 12/1 Gloucester. Cruise terminated due to engine and weather. Single multibeam transects from Massachusetts Bay to Woods Hole and Woods Hole to Montauk, Long Island.
Info derived Bathymetric maps;
Comments Original Center People field contained: B. Butman (Chief Scientist), B. Danforth (leadership of data acquistion and processing), T. Unger (data acquistion and processing), J. Baker (data acquisition and processing). Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS, Massachusetts Bay Experiment, Stellwagen Bank NMS, Massachusetts Bay Experiment
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Platform
Creed
Length: 20.4 m (66 ft 11 in); Beam: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in).
Itinerary
Start Gloucester, MA 1997-11-19
End Gloucester, MA 1997-12-01
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -70.91
East -70.58
North 42.58
South 42.13

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Bradford Butman
Scientist, Staff
Baker, Jessica
Scientist, Staff
Unger, Tanya
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
William W Danforth
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Canadian Hydrographic Service; University of New Brunswick
Affiliate staff John Hughes-Clark (UNB) - Setup and consultation on data acquisition and processing; Normand Doucet (CHS) - Hydrographer

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Simrad EM 1000 Multibeam 29
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
q1_1mctr Simrad EM 1000 1-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1 Bradford Butman
q1_5mctr Simrad EM 1000 5-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1 Bradford Butman
q1_backgs Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution gray-scale image of multibeam backscatter intensity in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1 Bradford Butman
q1_backpc Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution image of shaded relief multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1, pseudo-colored by backscatter intensity Bradford Butman
q1_bathy6m Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution grid of multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1 Bradford Butman
q1_srelief Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution gray-scale image of shaded-relief multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 1 Bradford Butman
q2_1mctr Simrad EM 1000 1-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 2 Bradford Butman
q2_5mctr Simrad EM 1000 5-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 2 Bradford Butman
q2_backgs Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution gray-scale image of multibeam backscatter intensity in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 2 Bradford Butman
q2_backpc Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution image of shaded relief multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 2, pseudo-colored by backscatter intensity Bradford Butman
q2_bathy6m Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution grid of multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 2 Bradford Butman
q2_srelief Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution gray-scale image of shaded-relief multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 2 Bradford Butman
q3_1mctr Simrad EM 1000 1-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3 Bradford Butman
q3_5mctr Simrad EM 1000 5-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3 Bradford Butman
q3_backgs Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution gray-scale image of multibeam backscatter intensity in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3 Bradford Butman
q3_backpc Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution image of shaded relief multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3, pseudo-colored by backscatter intensity Bradford Butman
q3_bathy6m Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution grid of multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3 Bradford Butman
q3_srelief Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution gray-scale image of shaded-relief multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangle 3 Bradford Butman
wmb_1mctr Simrad EM 1000 1-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangles 1-3 Bradford Butman
wmb_5mctr Simrad EM 1000 5-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry in western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangles 1-3 Bradford Butman
wmb_bathy6m Simrad EM 1000 6-m resolution grid of multibeam bathymetry of western Massachusetts Bay map Quadrangles 1-3 Bradford Butman
mb_5mctr9x9 Simrad EM 1000 5-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry of Massachusetts Bay. The series report also provides an unsmoothed version of the 5-m contours. Brad Butman
mb_10mctr9x9 Simrad EM 1000 10-m interval contours of smoothed multibeam bathymetry of Massachusetts Bay. The series report also provides an unsmoothed version of the 10-m contours. Brad Butman
mb_backgs10m Simrad EM 1000 10-m resolution gray-scale image of multibeam backscatter intensity in Massachusetts Bay. Also available from the series report in 20m and 30m resolutions. Bradford Butman
mb_backpc10m Simrad EM 1000 10-m resolution image of shaded relief multibeam bathymetry in Massachusetts Bay, pseudocolored by backscatter intensity. Also available from the series report in 20-m and 30-m resolutions. Bradford Butman
mb_bathygs10m Simrad EM 1000 10-m resolution gray-scale image of multibeam bathymetry in Massachusetts Bay. Also available from the series report in 20-m and 30-m resolutions. Bradford Butman
mb_srelief10m Simrad EM 1000 10-m resolution image of shaded relief multibeam bathymetry in Massachusetts Bay. Also available from the series report in 20m and 30m resolutions. Bradford Butman
mb_bathyclr10m Simrad EM 1000 10-m resolution image of shaded relief multibeam bathymetry in Massachusetts Bay, colored by water depth. Also available from the series report in 20-m and 30-m resolutions. Bradford Butman
mb_bathy10m Simrad EM 1000 10-m resolution grid of multibeam bathymetry in Massachusetts Bay. Also available from the series report in 20m and 30m resolutions. Bradford Butman

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
MassBay_10m Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum) (version2) Brian Andrews
MassBay_Source Massachusetts Bay and adjacent land: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83) Brian Andrews

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity