AKA: none
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)
Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Lacy
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Joanne C. Ferreira
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate temporal variability in sediment resuspension and salinities in San Pablo Bay during drought conditions.
Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy 9 pass. van - green G42-0422G, MarFac; Ford F350 MT use only; pickup - white; G43-2784H, Jeep Liberty 4X4 - silver
Start Port/Location: San Rafael, CA
End Port/Location: San Rafael, CA
Start Date: 2014-09-16
End Date: 2014-12-05
Equipment Used: navigation, Van Veen, Moorings - Tripods
Information to be Derived: Time series of magnitude and direction of sediment flux in San Pablo Bay shallows Also tides, currents, waves, and salinity in Bay shallows.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: grainsize info in FAD
Staff: Peter Harkins, Cordell Johnson, Jessica Lacy, Jennifer White
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 3 days for deployment, 3 for recovery (in December).
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-638-FA
Location:
San Pablo Bay in northern San Francisco Bay, CA, USA
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.10862766 | South: 37.99602191 | West: -122.492 | East: -122.35857544 |
Platform(s):
 Parke Snavely |
Foster-Martinez, M.R., Lacy, J.R., Ferner, M.C., and Variano, E.A., 2018, Wave attenuation across a tidal marsh in San Francisco Bay: Coastal Engineering, v. 136, pp. 26–40, doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.001.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| navigation | --- | Navigation | |
| Van Veen | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Moorings - Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | Water pressure/depth, velocity, and turbidity time-series data from SPC14 Bay shallows stations in San Pablo Bay and China Camp Marsh, California (Files contain hydrodynamic and sediment transport data for the location and deployment indicated. Time-series data of water depth, velocity, turbidity, and temperature were collected in San Pablo Bay and China Camp Marsh as part of the San Francisco Bay Marsh Sediment Experiments. Several instruments were deployed in tidal creek, marsh, mudflat, and Bay locations, gathering data on water depth, velocity, salinity/temperature, and turbidity. Deployment data are grouped by region (Bay channel (main Bay), Bay shallows, tidal creek, or marsh/mudflat/upper tidal creek). Users are advised check metadata and instrument information carefully for applicable time periods of specific data, as individual instrument deployment times vary.) |
