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; Ford F750 Flatbed stake truck - blue, MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L, MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559
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) |
