Field Activity 2010-050-FA

Identifier 2010-050-FA
Purpose Map the area where the Mass Maritime Academy training ship Kennedy resides.
Location Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Swath bathymetric data were collected along the dock at the Mass Maritime Academy in the area where the Training Ship Kennedy is usually docked. This was an outreach effort to help MMA determine if there is any sediment deposition in that area when the Kennedy is not tied up as the ship is in dry dock now for maintenance.
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Barlows Landing, Bourne, MA 2010-06-21
End Barlows Landing, Bourne, MA 2010-06-21
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.6308
East -70.62046
North 41.74109
South 41.73135

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William W Danforth
Crew members
Emile Bergeron
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
William W Danforth
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Interferometric (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity