AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts (ZP00F00)
Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard, Curt Storlazzi, Jonathan Warrick
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect baseline topography and bathymetry for ENSO impacts in Monterey Bay
Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA
End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Start Date: 2015-03-16
End Date: 2015-03-20
Equipment Used: Trimble R10 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, LIDAR, bathymetry, navigation, soundvelocityprofiler, camera
Information to be Derived: Beach Topography, Nearshore Bathymetry
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: base, bathy, matlab, svp and topo folders on FAD (3/18/2015)
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: During the week of Mar 16-20 scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey will be working along the coastline from Santa Cruz to Moss Landing. Either by all-terrain vehicle, personal watercraft, or on foot, they will be surveying local beaches and the nearby ocean bottom to compile a three-dimensional map of how beaches change in northern Monterey Bay.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-676-FA
Location:
Monterey Bay
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.99816566 | South: 36.80217852 | West: -122.061 | East: -121.75476074 |
Platform(s):
 ATV |  Waverunner 1 (SC) | Waverunner 2 (SC) |  on foot |
Snyder, A.G., Stevens, A.W., Logan, J.B., and Hoover, D.J., 2024, Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the beach and nearshore in Santa Cruz, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P134BC6W.
Stevens, A.W., Logan, J.B., Snyder, A.G., Hoover, D.J., Barnard, P.L., and Warrick, J.A., 2017, Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of northern Monterey Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
Andrews, B.D., Brothers, D.S., Dartnell, P., Barrie, J.V., Haeussler, P.J., Green, K.M., Greene, H.G., Miller, N.C., Kluesner, J.W., and ten Brink, U.S., 2022, Systematic mapping of the ocean-continent transform plate boundary of the Queen Charlotte fault system, southeastern Alaska and western British Columbia—A preliminary bathymetric terrain model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2022–1085, 2 sheets, 7-p. pamphlet, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20221085.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble R10 GPS (AS) | --- | Navigation Profiles | |
| Trimble R7 GPS (AS) | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | Digital elevation models (DEMs) of northern Monterey Bay, California, March 2015 (This part of the data release presents digital elevation models (DEMs) derived from bathymetry and topography data of northern Monterey Bay, California collected in March 2015. Bathymetry data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs), each equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Topography data were collected on foot with GNSS receivers mounted on backpacks and with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) using a GNSS receiver mounted at a measured height above the ground. Additional topography data were collected with a terrestrial lidar scanner. DEM surfaces were produced from all available elevation data using linear interpolation.) Topography data from northern Monterey Bay, California, March 2015 (This part of the data release presents topography data from northern Monterey Bay, California collected in March 2015. Topography data were collected on foot with survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks and with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) using a GNSS receiver mounted at a measured height above the ground.) |
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| LIDAR | --- | LIDAR | Terrestrial lidar data from northern Monterey Bay, California, March 2015 (This part of the data release presents topography data from northern Monterey Bay, California collected in March 2015 with a terrestrial lidar scanner.) |
| bathymetry | --- | Single Beam | Nearshore bathymetry data from northern Monterey Bay, California, March 2015 (This part of the data release presents bathymetry data from northern Monterey Bay, California collected in March 2015 using two personal watercraft (PWCs). The PWCs were equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers.) |
| navigation | --- | Navigation | |
| soundvelocityprofiler | --- | Sound Velocity | |
| camera | --- | Photo |
