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

Field Activity 2011-041-FA

Identifier 2011-041-FA
Alternate names R-41-11-NJ
Purpose Map the shallow geologic framework of Barnegat Bay, NJ
Location Barnegat Bay, NJ
Summary Survey Operations were conducted during day light hours from 31 Oct- Nov 7th, 2011. Data were collected along approximately 330 kilometers of tracklines spaced 20-50m apart depending on depth. Bathymetric coverage was not 100 percent because of shallow depths. Towed sidescan sonar was able to collect complete coverage without gaps over most of the survey area.
Comments Project Name Marine Tech/Sea Floor Mapping Information from Foghorn: Center equipment: Bathymetry, Navigation - DGPS, Navigation - HYPACK, Seismic reflection, Sensor - MVP30, Sidescan - Klein, Sidescan - Submetrix Staff: Barry Irwin, (vessel operator) William Danforth (Tech), Chuck Worley (Tech) Brian Andrews (processing), Jen Miselis (PI)
Projects
Related activities
2012-003-FA: Project
2013-014-FA: Project
2013-030-FA: Project
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Toms River, NJ 2011-10-30
End Toms River, NJ 2011-11-08
Bounds
West -74.24041704
East -74.02313214
North 40.09091326
South 39.7571781
Topic 61

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jennifer L MiselisBrian Andrews
Crew members
Jennifer L Miselis
Scientist, Staff
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Brian Andrews
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jen Miselis, St. Pete

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan, Sound Velocity, Interferometric, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Interferometric 6
Klein 3000 Sidescan 2
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler 3
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)
Sensor - MVP30 (Odim) Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
bbtg10m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Continuous terrain model for water circulation studies, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (10 meter resolution, 32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 18, WGS 84). Includes USGS data and NOAA data. Brian Andrews
TerrainBnd SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous terrain model for water circulation studies: Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84) Brian Andrews
BarnBayBathTrks SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Survey tracklines along which bathymetric data were collected with a SEA Ltd., SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar with in the Barnegat Bay, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbbath2m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 2 meter Arc Raster grid of bathymetry acquired using a SEA Ltd. SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbtgsp10m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 10 meter bathymetric grid of Barnegat Bay, New Jersey produced from trackline bathymetry collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
bbay_crossline_bathymetry SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 2 meter Arc Raster grid of bathymetry acquired along cross lines using a SEA Ltd. SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBSTrks Klein 3000 Survey tracklines along which backscatter data were collected with a Klein 3000, EdgeTech 4200 sidescan sonar and a SEA Ltd., SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar with in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBS_1m Klein 3000 One meter mosaic of acoustic backscatter data acquired using an EdgeTech 4200 and Klein 3000 sidescan sonar within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySeisShot100 EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Seismic shots at 100 shot intervals collected using an EdgeTech 424 chirp seismic-reflection data by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Barnegat Bay, NJ in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySeisTrks EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Survey lines along which EdgeTech 424 chirp seismic-reflection data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Barnegat Bay, NJ in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BBay_seismic_profiles EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler PNG formatted images of EdgeTech 424 seismic-reflection profiles collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Barnegat Bay, NJ in 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity