Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Marinna Martini
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Marinna Martini
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Day trips to field test LISST equipment; deploy Mooring #814.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 2006-02-14
End Date: 2006-02-17
Equipment Used: ADCP, Optical Backscatter, Ponar clamshell sediment sampler, Mooring tripod, GPS (wh), DGPS
Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 2/14 - 2/15: Tested equipment. 2/16: First attempt to deploy mooring #814 (failed) in Tampa Bay. 2/17: Successfully deployed mooring #814 in Tampa Bay and ran additional tests; collected sediment samples for grain size analysis.
Staff: Marinna Martini
Affiliate Staff:
Victor Levesque
WRD-Tampa; Dave Zawada
USGS-St. Pete; Jordan Sanford
USGS-St. Pete; Becca
Eckerd College; Chris
Physical Sciences Inc.; Chuck Pottsmith
Notes: Report submitted 01/22/2009 by A. Orton for Marinna Martini.
Location:
Tampa Bay, Florida, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 27.87 | South: 27.67 | West: -82.7 | East: -82.6 |
Platform(s):
 Small Boat |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADCP | --- | Current | |
| Optical Backscatter | --- | Turbidity | |
| Ponar clamshell sediment sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Mooring tripod | --- | Ground Truthing | |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation |
