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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-012-FA

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Other ID: GARDD-1-94

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab

Affiliate Investigator(s): CISIG, Parma, Italy

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Create a high-resolution sidescan sonar image of lake floor as part of cooperative with CISIG.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Peschiera, Italy

End Port/Location: Peschiera, Italy

Start Date: 1994-10-19

End Date: 1994-10-29

Equipment Used: SIS1000 Sidescan sonar, DGPS, 3.5 kHz

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: William Danforth, Barry Irwin, Thomas O'Brien, William Schwab, David Twichell

Affiliate Staff:
Vince Giusti - CISIG-Parma
Italy

Notes: Cooperative agreement between Italy and USGS working through system.
Project = Lake Garda, Italy, Lake Garda, Italy
Information from Foghorn: Winch/wire, Data General and DEC workstations to handle xsonar and WHIP/PCI software, 3.5 kHz, DGPS navigation system;

Location:

Lake Garda, northern Italy, Europe;

Boundaries
North: 46 South: 45.25 West: 10.5 East: 11

Platform(s):


Garda (Mantova)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
DGPS --- Navigation
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler

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