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Field Activity Details for field activity 13CCT03

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Nathaniel Plant

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Continued investigation of the dynamic tidal and temperature variations around the Chandeleur Islands, and recovery of Hobo pressure sensors installed along a breach transect on the Chandeleur Islands.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 2013-04-26

End Date: 2013-04-30

Equipment Used: Tripods, Camera, Digital, Hand Held

Information to be Derived: Tidal and temperature data off the coastal waters of the Chandeleur Islands, and pressure sensor data from instruments embedded in the subsurface along a breach on the islands interior

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Kyle Kelso, Billy Reynolds

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Chandeleur Islands and vicinity

Boundaries
North: 30.22077245 South: 29.40062886 West: -89.1636 East: -88.30665941

Platform(s):

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Benchmarks
Navigation
Camera, Digital, Hand Held --- Photo

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