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 sediment flux in San Pablo Bay.
Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L, MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559, MarFac; Ford F750 Flatbed stake truck - blue
Start Port/Location: San Rafael, CA
End Port/Location: San Rafael, CA
Start Date: 2015-02-02
End Date: 2015-04-17
Equipment Used: navigation, Van Veen, Ponargrab, 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 files added to FAD
Staff: Peter Dal Ferro, Timothy Elfers, Joanne C. Ferreira, Peter Harkins, Jessica Lacy, Jennifer White, Robert Wyland
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: 4-5 days for deployment, 3-4 for recovery (in April).
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-638-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-656-FA
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-678-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 | |
| Ponargrab | --- | Geology | |
| Moorings - Tripods | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | Water pressure/depth, velocity, and turbidity time-series data from SPD15 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.) |
