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

Field Activity D101GB

Identifier D101GB
Alternate names D-1-01-GB
Purpose Collect multibeam bathymetry and backscatter in lower Glacier Bay
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,United States Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division. Chief Scientists: Paul Carlson, Philip Hooge. Geophysical data (multibeam, GPS, dynamicmotionsensor, CTDmeter, datalogger) of field activity D-1-01-GB in Glacier Bay, Alaska from 05/29/2001 to 06/06/2001
Location Glacier Bay, Alaska
Summary Data objectives met, system functioned well
Info derived Bathymetry, backscatter, navigation
Comments For raw and intermediate data sets, contact Rani Nandiwada Staff information imported from InfoBank Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Philip Hooge (USGS BRD) - Chief Scientist Elizabeth Hooge (USGS BRD) - Watchstander Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Data Tech
Projects
Platform
Davidson
Itinerary
Start Bartlett Cove, AK 2001-05-29
End Bartlett Cove, AK 2001-06-06
Bounds
West -136.397
East -135.91517
North 58.75267
South 58.35309
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
USGS, Biological Resources Division, Columbia River Research Lab
, WA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Carlson, PaulHooge, Philip
Crew members
Stevenson, Andy
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Stevenson, Andy
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Elizabeth Hooge (USGS BRD) - Watchstander

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sonar, Time Series
Data type: CTD, Navigation, Multibeam, Sidescan, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 1
CTD Surveys (geochemical), Experiments (geochemical), CTD (no data reported)
datalogger Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
sidescansonar Sidescan (no data reported)
multibeam Multibeam 1
dynamicmotionsensor Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Global positioning system (GPS) data d-1-01-gb.062 GPS Provisional best file Paul Carlson
multibeam multibeam on off file Paul Carlson

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity