2013-009-FA (CMHRP activity #2458)

Field Activity 2013-009-FA

Identifier

2013-009-FA

Purpose

Verification and geologic interpretation of NOAA hydrographic surveys and support of habitat mapping

Location

Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,

Summary

SeaBOSS operations consisting of individual stations and 300-m drift transect

Info derived

Grain size analysis;Habitat maps;

Comments

Project = CT/Seafloor Mapping of LI Sound,

Platform

Connecticut

Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Groton, CT	2013-05-20
End	Groton, CT	2013-05-26
Days in the field	6

Bounds

West	-73.2431
East	-72.92999
North	41.21379
South	40.91766

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Lawrence J Poppe

Crew members

Dann S Blackwood

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Lawrence J Poppe

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Roman Zajac, UNH; Lauren Staphaniac, UConn

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
SeaBOSS		Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	5
DGPS		Navigation	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2013-009-FA-NL-001	SeaBOSS	3-DVD dataset with scanned Seaboss Logs (2).	Linda P McCarthy
2013-009-FA-NL-001-01	SeaBOSS	Video/Camera/Sample Log Volumes 1 and 2	Linda P McCarthy
2013-009-FA-PH-001	SeaBOSS	3-DVD dataset with 273 Bottom still photographs in mid-and full-resolution with metadata.	Linda P McCarthy
2013-009-FA-PH-001-01	SeaBOSS	1 CD-ROM disk of field operations still photos	Linda P McCarthy
2013-009-FA-VD-001	SeaBOSS	DVD dataset of bottom video collected with the SeaBoss system and recorded on DVD-ROM	Linda P McCarthy
2013-009-FA-LN-001	DGPS	3-DVD dataset with Ship navigation (GPS strings).	Linda P McCarthy