Field Activity 2016-030-FA

Identifier 2016-030-FA
Purpose Jetyak operations to map Sandwich Town Beach nearshore
Location Sandwich Town Neck Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary Jetyak bathymetric/backscatter survey of the nearshore was completed
Info derived bathymetry, backscatter, navigation
Comments The RTK-GPS system we are using is a Spectra SP80. We are also using a Hemisphere GPS heading system installed on the jetyak. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-006-FA. Platform used for sidescan/bathymetry/navigation is the USGS modified kayak named the jetyak.
Projects
Platform
Jetyak-WHCMSC
Itinerary
Start Sandwich, MA 2016-06-06
End Sandwich, MA 2016-06-08
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.50674438
East -70.46913148
North 41.77731442
South 41.75964597

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Christopher R Sherwood
Crew members
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Sandra M Brosnahan
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Nowacki
Scientist, Staff
Ann M Luppino
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Ellyn Montgomery
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) A Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo GPS/Fish Finder remote sensing instrument was used to collect sidescan, single beam bathymetry, and DGPS navigation. The equipment is mounted in the hull of the jetyak Sidescan, Single Beam, Navigation 3
Spectra Precision SP80 Two receivers were used to collect satellite range and position data, one located on Sandwich Beach (base), and one located on the jetyak (rover). Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2016-030-FA_backscatter Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) 1-meter resolution image mosaic representing sidescan sonar data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2016-030-FA offshore Sandwich Beach, MA in June 2016 (24-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD83-HARN) William W Danforth
2016-030-FA_bathymetry Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) 4-meter resolution bathymetric grid representing single beam data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2016-030-FA offshore Sandwich Beach, MA in June 2016 (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 19N, NAD83-HARN) William W Danforth
2016-030-FA_navigation Humminbird 898c HD SI Combo (Jetyak) Comma separated value (CSV) text files of navigation and elevation data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during field activity 2016-030-FA offshore Sandwich Beach, MA in June 2016 William W Danforth
2016-030-FA_orthometric Spectra Precision SP80 Comma separated value (CSV) text file of post-processed kinematic (PPK) data calculated from raw data logged on two Spectra Precision SP80 GNSS receivers during survey 2016-030-FA conducted offshore Sandwich Beach, MA by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2016 William W Danforth

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity