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Field Activity Details for field activity 13CCH05

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Other ID: BIER - Dauphin Island

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Nathaniel Plant

Affiliate Investigator(s): Teresa Turner

Information Specialist(s): Joseph Long, Billy Reynolds

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To install buried pressure sensors to monitor water level elevations.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Dauphin Island, AL

Start Date: 2013-06-12

End Date: 2013-06-13

Equipment Used: Digital Camera, GPS , Geodometer 640 Total Station, Tripods, Water Level Recorder

Information to be Derived: Continuous water level elevations.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Buried pressure sensors will be installed at approximately 7-8 locations and remain in place for 16 months (swapping batteries every 3 months). GPS locations of installed sensors will be collected/recorded.

Staff: Joseph Long, Billy Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Field data type: hydrodynamics (water levels and waves).
Additional Equipment Used: Laptop

Location:

Dauphin Island, AL

Boundaries
North: 30.35778431 South: 30.18259009 West: -88.3709 East: -87.92747694

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Digital Camera --- Photo
Video
GPS --- Navigation
Geodometer 640 Total Station --- Navigation
Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Benchmarks
Navigation
Water Level Recorder --- Benchmarks

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