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Field Activity Details for field activity W0411PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-04-11-PS

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

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

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum, Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jon Warrick

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2011-05-15

End Date: 2011-05-18

Equipment Used: waverunners

Information to be Derived: beach topography, nearshore bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jackson Currie, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician
Ian Miller (Washington Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS) - Chief Scientist
Andrew Stevens (USGS) - Oceanographer
Jackson Currie (USGS) - Marine Technician
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician
Ian Miller (Washington Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist

Location:

Puget Sound

Boundaries
North: 48.15703 South: 48.13724 West: -123.581 East: -123.53667

Platform(s):


Waverunners

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_A_Ryan (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_A_Schwartz (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_A_Stevens (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_G_Gelfenbaum (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.061_black (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.061_red (Provisional best file)
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2011 (This part of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) derived from bathymetry and topography data of the Elwha River delta collected in May 2011. Two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA trapped over 20 million m3 of sediment, reducing downstream sediment fluxes and contributing to erosion of the river's coastal delta. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams between 2011 and 2014 induced massive increases in river sediment supply and provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the response of a delta system to changes in sediment supply. The U.S. Geological Survey developed an integrated research program aimed at understanding the ecosystem responses following dam removal that included regular monitoring of coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography. As part of this monitoring program, the USGS conducted a bathymetric and topographic survey in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Elwha River delta, Washington (USGS Field Activity Number W-04-11-PS). 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. DEM surfaces were produced from all available elevation data using linear interpolation.)
Nearshore bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2011, collected from personal watercraft (This part of the data release presents bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta collected in May 2011 using two personal watercraft (PWCs). The PWCs were equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers.)
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2011 (This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in May 2011. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks.)

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