Field Activity 2003-008-FA

Identifier 2003-008-FA
Alternate names RB03-02
Purpose Map the Puerto Rico trench using multibeam bathymetry.
Location Puerto Rico trench, Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Bill Danforth - onboard processing; Christopher Polloni - onboard display and archiving; Uri ten Brink - Chief scientist. Project = Caribbean tsunami and earthquake hazard, Caribbean tsunami and earthquake hazard
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Platform
Ronald H. Brown
Length: 274 feet; Beam: 53 feet
Itinerary
Start Miami, FL 2003-02-18
End San Juan, Puerto Rico 2003-03-08
Days in the field 17
Bounds
West -69
East -62.5
North 20.33333
South 18.66667

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten Brink
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Uri Ten Brink
Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Martin, Jennifer
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, NOAA Hydrographic Survey-Atlantic Branch
Affiliate staff Castle E. Parker and Toshi Uozumi - NOAA Atlantic Hydrographic Branch - Onboard processing; Rex Roettger - Teacher at sea; Catalina Martinez and Taconya Piper - Ocean Exploration representatives; Amy Kennedy and Rebecca Lester - Whale watchers

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Environmental Data
Data type: Multibeam, CTD, Temperature

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBeam 2112 Multibeam 2
Temperature and salinity CTD, Temperature (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2003-008-FA-NL-001 SeaBeam 2112 DVD ROM disk of PR TRENCH BATHY MOVIE, Nancy K. Soderberg
Bathymetry GIS data SeaBeam 2112 Linda P McCarthy

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity