Field Activity 2009-068-FA

Identifier 2009-068-FA
Purpose Map the bathymetry surrounding the Middle Ground shoal in Vineyard Sound using swath bathymetric methods.
Location Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Mapped the northern extension of Middle Ground Shoals just north of Lake Tashmoo to West Chop.
Info derived Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Comments Project = National Community Sediment Transport Modeling: Scientific Investigations Report (SIR), National Community Sediment Transport Modeling: Scientific Investigations Report (SIR)
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Falmouth, MA 2009-09-22
End Falmouth, MA 2009-09-22
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.8
East -70.58333
North 41.5
South 41.4

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William W DanforthRichard P Signell
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Richard P Signell
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
William W Danforth
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Interferometric, Multibeam, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Real Time Kinematic GPS Navigation (no data reported)
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz Interferometric (no data reported)
Sensor - SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Datasets


Datasets not currently associated with specific equipment

Dataset name Description Dataset contact
Ntkt_VS_10m Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: 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
Ntkt_VS_Source Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds, Southern coast of Cape Cod including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: 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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity