Field Activity 2004-011-FA

Identifier 2004-011-FA
Purpose Bottom sampling and photography to ground truth multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data.
Location Cape Cod National Seashore, Race Point, Provincetown, Nauset Inlet, Eastham, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 4 8-mm tapes of bottom video (A and B copies); 241 still photos of the sea floor (on CD-ROM); 79 sediment samples for textural analysis.
Comments Project = Sea and Lake Floor Mapping, Sea and Lake Floor Mapping
URL
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Chatham Harbor, MA 2004-05-24
End Chatham Harbor, MA 2004-06-04
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -70.13902531
East -69.8371902
North 42.1019585
South 41.61196294

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Lawrence J Poppe
Crew members
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Kate McMullen
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Imagery, Sampling, Visual Identification
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Species ID

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Sample log Log containing time, position of samples taken, video transects completed, sea floor observations, photos taken.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 2
Digital camera Photo 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2004-011-FA-OFR2005-1048 SeaBOSS SSS, BATHY, BOTTOM PHOTOS Linda P McCarthy
2004-011-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS grab samples Brian Buczkowski
2004-011-FA-PH-001 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity