To collect baseline information about Gulf of Maine seafloor character.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location
Gulf of Maine
Summary
Kongsberg EM2040-P multibeam echo sounder data were collected aboard the R/V Connecticut during the survey, the USGS was contacted by NOAA to help out with data collections activities. Bathymetric, backscatter, and water column data were collected and logged digitally to disk.
The survey area covered a portion of the wind energy lease areas managed by BOEM. Data will be made available at NOAA's NCEI website at a later date after being released by BOEM.
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access
Info derived
seafloor depth, backscatter, water column reflectivity
Comments
Bill Danforth and Brian Curran (contractor) will be going as additional seafloor mapping personnel on a NOAA/BOEM cruise aboard the RV Connecticut
The EM2040-P multibeam echo sounder transmitter and receiver where mounted on a frame attached to the hull of the R/V Connecticut. Also attached to the frame was an AML micro sound speed transducer as well as an Seapath 300 inertial measurement unit (IMU) provided by Kongsberg.
