PICTURES FROM THE ALPHA & OMEGA II
USGS 98013 CRUISE, SEPTEMBER 10 - 22, 1998


Alpha and Omega II

1)alpomeg2.jpg (318191 bytes)      2) alpha_wh.jpg (108528 bytes)

1) Alpha & Omega II at Woods Hole dock.
2) Alpha & Omega II docked at Woods Hole with RV Asterias on the left


Sparker Subbottom Profiling System

1) sparker.jpg (275667 bytes)     2) geopower.jpg (171956 bytes)     3) elicssys.jpg (196999 bytes)

1) Sparker
2) Geoulse power supply
3) Deplh Elics seismic acquisition computer


15 cu. in. water gun system

1) watergun.jpg (355300 bytes)     2) comp.jpg (417682 bytes)     3) muddsip2.jpg (172554 bytes)

4) elicssys.jpg (196999 bytes)    5) wgun.jpg (201522 bytes)

1) 15 cu. in. water gun and float
2) Air compressor
3) Mudseis NT seismic acquisition display
4) Deplh Elics seismic acquisition computer
5) 15 cu. in. water gun


Chirp Sidescan Sonar and Subbottom Profiling System

1) sis1000.jpg (168398 bytes)     2) winch.jpg (181198 bytes)     3)starbside.jpg (132451 bytes)

4)  isis_sys.jpg (198380 bytes)     5) isis_disp.jpg (173153 bytes)

1) Datasonics SIS-1000 sidescan sonar and chirp subbottom fish
2) Dynacon winch
3) Starboard aft side showing sidescan cable (uper right). Sidemount (lower left) for echosounder
and acoustic ranging to the SIS-1000 sidescan fish
4) Triton ISIS data acquistion system
5) ISIS display


Navigation and Bathymetry System

1) benthos_ashtec.jpg (175062 bytes)     2) nav_pc.jpg (208818 bytes)     3) hypackdisp.jpg (151364 bytes)

4)capn.jpg (177424 bytes)      5) sidemount.jpg (190452 bytes)     6) furunodisp.jpg (178216 bytes)

1) Ashtech GPS and differential receivers (right) and Benthos ranging unit (left)
2) USGS navigation computer for navigation logging and display
3) Hypack navigation display
4) The Cap'n navigation and charting display
5) Sidemount for Benthos ranging transducer and Furuno echosounder
6) Furuno echsounder display


Data Processing

1) kodiak.jpg (154050 bytes)     2) kodiak_nauset.jpg (177404 bytes)  3) dataarchive.jpg (200889 bytes)

4) plotter.jpg (207142 bytes)

1) Digital Alpha workstation (Digital Unix) for sidescan sonar processing
2) Digital Alpha workstation (Red Hat Linux) for seismic processing with Seismic Unix (center)
3) Notebook computers for CD-ROM data archival
4) HP 755CM plotter


USGS Cruise Participants

schwab.jpg (192048 bytes) Bill Schwab                    Bwd.jpg (398887 bytes) Bill Danforth

 tfo.jpg (219436 bytes) Tom O'Brien     nichols_gunrepair.jpg (174117 bytes) Dave Nichols     jane.jpg (161672 bytes) Jane Denny        barry2.jpg (147033 bytes) Barry Irwin      davef.jpg (162839 bytes) Dave Foster


Life on the Alpha & Omega II

sunset.jpg (322005 bytes) acqvan.jpg (209747 bytes) boats.jpg (134586 bytes)
sunrise.jpg (147283 bytes) crew1.jpg (202636 bytes) cship.jpg (114521 bytes) harley.jpg (223774 bytes) twigdave.jpg (157080 bytes) richbill.jpg (144976 bytes) tom_bill.jpg (212538 bytes) capt_tom.jpg (419940 bytes) julhelm.jpg (158477 bytes)starbjane.jpg (209040 bytes)  rich.jpg (185088 bytes)


The CDR Mastering System


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