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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-621-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): High Energy Active Margins (ZP00F00)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Daniel Hoover

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor changes in beach sand volume and distribution

Vehicle(s): MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R, MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L

Start Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

End Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

Start Date: 2014-03-26

End Date: 2014-03-26

Equipment Used: Radio (base), Radio (rover), Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Handheld GPS 2, Zephyr Geodetic 2 antenna, Zephyr Model 2 antenna

Information to be Derived: Beach elevation

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Topo data on FAD

Staff: Jackson Currie

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: 3/24/14 added project account number.
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity O-14-13-CA
Using Water Resources MUV (Polaris Ranger) in addition to ATV for this survey

Location:

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA, California

Boundaries
North: 37.80802086 South: 37.6058952 West: -122.579 East: -122.47805176

Platform(s):

photo of ATV
ATV

MUV

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Radio (base) --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Radio (rover) --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Handheld GPS 2 --- Navigation
Zephyr Geodetic 2 antenna --- Navigation
Zephyr Model 2 antenna --- Navigation

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