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

Field Activity 2025-304-FA

Identifier 2025-304-FA
Alternate names 25BIM01=WVR1; 25BIM02=WVR2
Purpose Resurveying the single-beam Echosounder Data (SBES) tracklines acquired under FAN 2024-306-FA. Bathymetry data will assist researchers with wave data interpretation on and benthic morphology of the seafloor on the approach to and within the view of the the camera system.
Location Madeira Beach, FL
Info derived SBES xyz, SBES tracklines
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-306-FA. Each personal water craft will collect specific data types and be assigned a sub-FAN.
Projects
Platform
Personal Water Craft (Blue WVR2 - Chum)
Blue WaveRunner; R/V Chum
Personal Water Craft (White WVR1 - Shark)
White WaveRunner, R/V Shark
Vehicles
Chevy Suburban Silver
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, FL 2025-02-26
End St. Petersburg, FL 2025-02-26
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -82.87605286
East -82.78507233
North 27.8044616
South 27.76163368
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators David M ThompsonMargaret L Palmsten
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Maxwell O Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Benjamin A Galbraith
Scientist, Staff
Christopher C Bemelmans
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information
Nancy T DeWitt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Mark Buckley

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation, Single Beam, Sound Velocity, Benchmarks

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 Single Beam (no data reported)
SBG Ellipse A Motion Sensor Single Beam (no data reported)
Castaway-CTD Sound Velocity (no data reported)
SP90 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation (no data reported)
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles (no data reported)