Field Activity 2021-319-FA

Identifier 2021-319-FA
Purpose Multibeam shoreface mapping in support of beach and dune monitoring
Location Rockaway Beach, NY, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Summary During this survey, a total of 159 Multibeam Bathymetry and associated Backscatter lines were acquired along with 106 Sound Velocity Casts and 33 Ponar sediment Grabs.
Info derived Seafloor depth, surficial sediment
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-333-FA
Projects
Related activities
2023-320-FA: Project
Platform
Sallenger
26' Parker
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)
Itinerary
Start Rockaway Beach, NY 2021-06-14
End Rockaway Beach, NY 2021-06-30
Days in the field 16
Bounds
West -73.95093262
East -73.7519449
North 40.61196925
South 40.53099105
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer L MiselisEmily A Wei
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Chelsea A Stalk
Scientist, Staff
Emily A Wei
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Billy J Reynolds
Specialist, Information
Chelsea A Stalk
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Grab Sampler Biology, Geology 1
SP90 GNSS Receiver Benchmarks, Navigation 1
Multibeam Bathymetry System Multibeam 1
Castaway-CTD Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Valeport MiniSVS Sound Velocity 1
Valeport SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Rockaway_2021_MBES_xyz Multibeam Bathymetry System Processed elevation point data (xyz) as derived from a 1-meter grid provided in both WGS84 (G1762) ellipsoid and NAD83 NAVD88 GEOID12B Chelsea A Stalk
Rockaway_2021_MBES_Backscatter Valeport MiniSVS Processed acoustic intensity backscatter mosaic, derived from the 1-meter grid, provided as an 8-point GeoTIFF in WGS84 (G1762) ellipsoid Chelsea A Stalk

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
SMI_RKWY_GrainSizeStats Grab Sampler Sediment grab grain-size statistics summary and raw Coulter output Cheyenne S Everhart
SMI_RKWY_GrainSizeSites SP90 GNSS Receiver Sediment grab sample locations Cheyenne S Everhart

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity