Field Activity A198HW

Identifier A198HW
Alternate names A-1-98-HW,OA-1-98-HW
Purpose Map areas around the Hawaiian Islands (Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii) to support a variety of projects, including marine disposal site studies, coral reef studies, and Marine Sanctuary studies.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Jim Gardner. Multibeam Sonar data (multibeam, GPS, integratednavigation) of field activity A-1-98-HW in Hawaii from 02/04/1998 to 02/27/1998
Location Hawaii
Summary Completed survey and processed bathymetry and backscatter data off specific areas of the Hawaiian Islands, including Kauai Oahu, Hawaii, and the Humpback Whale Marine Sanctuary between Molokai, Maui, Lanai, and Kahoolawe.
Info derived Bathymetry, backscatter, slope, sediment volumes, interpreted geology, etc
Comments For raw and intermediate data sets, contact Rani Nandiwada Staff information imported from InfoBank Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief
Projects
Platform
Ocean Alert
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1998-02-04
End (port not specified) 1998-02-27
Bounds
West -159.7667
East -154.8
North 22.03334
South 19.58333
Activity Multibeam Sonar

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Gardner, Jim
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Peter Dartnell
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 1
integratednavigation Navigation 2
multibeam Multibeam (no data reported)
sidescansonar Sidescan (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
survey information GPS GPS Jim Gardner
Integrated navigation (SINS) data a-1-98-hw.050 integratednavigation Provisional best file Jim Gardner
survey information integratednavigation integrated navigation Jim Gardner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity