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Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-649-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum, Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2014-09-05

End Date: 2014-09-08

Equipment Used: grab, Echosounder-1, soundvelocityprofiler, Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Echosounder-2, camera, Trimble R7 GPS receiver

Information to be Derived: Nearshore Bathymetry, Beach Topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathy, photos and topo data on FAD

Staff: Guy Gelfenbaum, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Puget Sound

Boundaries
North: 48.17624572 South: 48.10493829 West: -123.633 East: -123.38360665

Platform(s):

photo of Waverunner 1 (SC)
Waverunner 1 (SC)
photo of Waverunner 2 (SC)
Waverunner 2 (SC)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
grab --- Geology
grainsize analysis (published in ScienceBase; U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7P55KN0)
Echosounder-1 --- Single Beam
bathymetry data (published in ScienceBase; U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7P55KN0)
soundvelocityprofiler --- Sound Velocity
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2014 (This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in September 2014. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks.)
Echosounder-2 --- Single Beam
bathymetry data (published in ScienceBase; U.S. Geological Survey data release, doi: 10.5066/F7P55KN0)
camera --- Photo
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects

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