Oceanographic and meteorological time-series monitoring data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center from 2023 to 2025, to monitor a pilot shallow-water placement of dredged sediment project led by the US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District. Data were collected at nine stations located in the shallows offshore of Whales Tail Marsh in south San Francisco Bay, CA. Stations were positioned around the placement site of the dredged material. Data ...

Acoustic-backscatter data were collected with a 234 kHz SwathPlus interferometric side-scan sonar during repeat bathymetric surveys of south San Francisco Bay, California between 2023 and 2025. Data were collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) with fieldwork activity number 2023-655-FA. Data are provided as a GeoTIFF images.

Repeat bathymetric surveys were performed between October 2023 and January 2025 (U.S. Geological Survey field activity number 2023-655-FA) in the shallows of south San Francisco Bay, California using either a 234 kHz SwathPlus interferometric sonar or 200 kHz single beam sonar system. Gridded bathymetric surfaces derived from the processed single beam sonar data were produced with using linear interpolation. The bathymetric datasets are provided in GeoTIFF format.

In situ images of the sediment-water interface and sediment profiles were collected to characterize the top layer of the sediment bed (less than 15 cm sediment depth) prior to dredged material placement and post dredge material placement in south San Francisco Bay, California. Several sites within the placement area, as well as sites outside of the placement area, and near time-series stations were collected. The photos were acquired during four separate trips: August 2023 (pre-placement), October 2023 (pre ...

Bed sediment samples were collected from several sites within south San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Stations sampled were located within or adjacent to an area defined for strategic sediment placement. These stations were more specifically located either near instrumented stations where time-series data were collected, on/near a mound of placed sediment, or in a channel adjacent to an instrumented station. Time-series data are provided on the home page for this data release. Sediment samples were ...

Water samples were collected in south San Francisco Bay between August 2023 and August 2024 to measure suspended sediment concentration. The water samples were collected near USGS instrument platforms (see time-series data page) with a peristaltic pump. The suspended sediment concentrations of the samples were determined at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center sediment lab. Measured suspended sediment concentrations were used to calculate calibration coefficients that can be used to convert ...