Field Activity W177AR

Identifier W177AR
Alternate names W-1-77-AR
Purpose Underlay ice gouge information with ice ridge and ice motion data from time lapse radar of Lou Shipiro, University of Alaska. Side scan mosaic is goal.
Description University of Alaska,United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Peter Barnes, David McDowell, Ron Metzner. Geophysical data (sidescansonar, bathymetry) of field activity W-1-77-AR in Barrow, Alaska from 09/29/1977 to 10/02/1977
Location Alaska
Summary Shore normal transects 140/320 deg t 200 m apart off (n and s) radar site at Narl center line = 0. Lines 1n to 9n and (a to n) and longer line "ranged" on two large fuel tanks at north end of Narl runway (132/312 deg t). lines 1s to 5s.
Info derived Side scan mosaic and detailed bathymetry
Comments Starting and ending ports at barrow, ak Staff information imported from InfoBank Peter Barnes (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist David McDowell (University of Alaska) - Chief Scientist Ron Metzner (University of Alaska) - Chief Scientist
Projects
Platform
Whaler
Itinerary
Start Barrow, AK 1977-09-29
End Barrow, AK 1977-10-02
Bounds
West -176.75
East -138.25
North 80.75
South 63.25
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
University of Alaska
Seward, AK
Principal investigators Barnes, Peter
Crew members
Affiliate principal David McDowell (University of Alaska),Ron Metzner (University of Alaska)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
sidescansonar Sidescan (no data reported)
Range finder Navigation (no data reported)
bathymetry Single Beam (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity