2008-002-FA (CMHRP activity #2084)

Field Activity 2008-002-FA

Identifier

2008-002-FA

Alternate names

R-1-08-CD

Purpose

Complete sea floor mapping in western Cape Cod Bay.

Location

Western Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

7 survey days of data collection.

Info derived

Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Comments

Raw data are stored on 1) //Teramac/tr9/08002/raw 2) DVDs 1 copy in Library at MOF, 1 Copy in BDA's office. Project = Mapping Cape Cod Bay and the South Shore, Mapping Cape Cod Bay and the South Shore

Platform

Rafael

25 feet

Itinerary

Start	Green Harbor, MA	2008-04-28
End	Green Harbor, MA	2008-05-09
Days in the field	12

Bounds

West	-70.65
East	-70.5
North	42.1
South	41.92

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

Walter Barnhardt

Crew members

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
Walter Barnhardt	Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews	Scientist, Staff
Emile Bergeron	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Brian Andrews

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Sound Velocity, Interferometric

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler	Knudsen 3200	Sub Bottom Profiler	3
Real Time Kinematic GPS		Navigation	1
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz		Interferometric	3
Klein 3000		Sidescan	2
Sensor - SVP		Sound Velocity	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2008-002-FA-SE-001-01	Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler	PROCESSED DATA	Brian Andrews
2008-002-FA-SE-001-02	Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler	PUBLISHED DATA: Seismic profiles (jpg), Seismic Shots (shapefile), and seismic tracklines (shapefile).	Brian Andrews
Chirp seismic data	Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler		Linda P McCarthy
2008-002-FA-LN-001-01	Real Time Kinematic GPS	Hypack navigation data: 66 lines.	Brian Andrews
2008-002-FA-BA-001-01	SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz	Processed-SWATHplus Interferometric bathymetry tracklines.	Brian Andrews
2008-002-FA-BA-001-02	SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz	5-m ASCII raster of SWATHplus Interferometric bathymetry data.	Brian Andrews
Bathymetry GIS data	SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz		Linda P McCarthy
2008-002-FA-SO-001-01	Klein 3000	Processed Klein backscatter: 1-m sidescan sonar mosaic of survey area.	Brian Andrews
Sidescan mosaic	Klein 3000		Linda P McCarthy

Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name	Description	Dataset contact
CapeCodBay_10m	Cape Cod Bay: continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf, (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM 19 NAD 83, NAVD 88 vertical datum)	Brian Andrews
CapeCodBay_Source	Cape Cod Bay: Polygon boundaries for source data of a continuous bathymetry and topography terrain model of the Massachusetts coastal zone and continental shelf: (Esri polygon shapefile, Geographic, NAD 83)	Brian Andrews