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Field Activity Details for field activity W310PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-3-10-PS

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): Jon Warrick

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2010-09-04

End Date: 2010-09-08

Equipment Used: topographic equipment

Information to be Derived: Nearshore bathymetry, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Ian Miller (UC Santa Cruz) - PhD Canidate
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - GPS Technician
Gabrielle Stillwater (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician

Notes: rawdata files at /rawdata/2010/W-3-10-PS/bath

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS CMG) - Chief Scientist
Andrew Stevens (USGS CMG) - Oceanographer
Ian Miller (UC Santa Cruz) - PhD Canidate
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - GPS Technician
Gabrielle Stillwater (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician

Location:

Elhwa River Delta

Boundaries
North: 48.15747 South: 48.13771 West: -123.586 East: -123.53239

Platform(s):


Waverunners

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
topographic equipment --- Profiles
Transects
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-3-10-ps.060_rhib (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-3-10-ps.060_red (Provisional best file)
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2010 (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 September 2010. 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-03-10-PS). Bathymetry data were collected using a personal watercraft (PWC) and a small boat, 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.)
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, September 2010 (This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in September 2010. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks.)

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