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

Field Activity 2012-003-FA

Identifier 2012-003-FA
Purpose Map sediments and stratigraphy of the Bay.
Location Barnegat Bay, NJ
Summary R/V Rafael collected 1050 kms of bathymetry, backscatter, and seismics, along tracklines spaced 50-m apart between 20 Mar (JD080) and 8 April (JD090), 2012. Mini-SEABOSS survey operations (10-12 April, 2012) collected bottom photographs, video and sediment samples at ~ 81 stations.
Info derived Stratigraphy and sediment distribution.
Comments This project is OFA funded through WHCMSC, the SPCMSC is providing staff and equipment. The St. Pete swath system (SwathPlus +H) will be unavailable during this time. The survey will be conducted from the WHCMSC vessel, the R/V Rafael.
Related activities
2011-041-FA: Project
2013-014-FA: Project
2013-030-FA: Project
Platform
26-ft NPS Parker
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Barnegat Bay, NJ 2012-03-19
End Barnegat Bay, NJ 2012-04-13
Bounds
West -74.20898455
East -74.02679407
North 40.08017384
South 39.71892458
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jennifer L Miselis
Crew members
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Noreen A Buster
Scientist, Staff
Pfeiffer, William
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Biological Field Study, Electro-Magnetic, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar, Visual Identification
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Resistivity, Photo, Video, Navigation, Transects, Biology, Geology, Interferometric, Species ID

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBOSS Stainless steel framework that measures 1.1 x 1.1 meters and weighs 167 kilograms overall. House a van veen grab sampler as well as a having a digital camera and video camera mounted on the frame. Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 2
Digital video camera Video camera mounted on the SeaBOSS frame. Video 1
Canon G12 Canon PowerShot G12, is mounted in a machined Delrin housing with a flat port and mounted on the SEABOSS frame. Photo 2
SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Interferometric 8
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)
Edgetech 4200 sidescan Sidescan 2
Digital camera Photo 1
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
WHSC-003-FA-PH-001 Digital camera photos taken during field operations Jennifer L Miselis

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
BarnBaySEABOSSTrks SeaBOSS Tracklines for bottom video collected using the MINI-SEABOSS sampler in Barnegat Bay, NJ by the U.S. Geological Survey during 3 surveys in 2012 and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySedSample SeaBOSS Sediment sample locations and grain size results from samples collected in Barnegat Bay, NJ by the U.S. Geological Survey during 3 surveys in 2012 and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBaySEABOSSTrks Digital video camera Tracklines for bottom video collected using the MINI-SEABOSS sampler in Barnegat Bay, NJ by the U.S. Geological Survey during 3 surveys in 2012 and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBotPhotos Canon G12 Bottom Photographs in JPEG format acquired using a SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
BarnBayBotPhotos_locs Canon G12 Locations of photographs acquired using a SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) within Barnegat Bay New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2012, and 2013 Brian Andrews
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
BarnBayBSTrks SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz 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
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
BarnBayInletsBS_1m SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz One meter mosaic of acoustic backscatter data acquired using a SWATHplus-H interferometric sonar in Barnegat and Little Egg Inlets, New Jersey by the U.S. Geological Survey in 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 Edgetech 4200 sidescan 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 Edgetech 4200 sidescan 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