Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-665-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Chris Konrad Chris Curran Mark Mastin Scott Anderson

Information Specialist(s): Eric Grossman

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Repeat map bathymetry and substrate of the Nooksack River-Delta to examine change and evidence of sediment aggradation affecting flood hazards, ecosystems, and restoration outcomes.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Ferndale, WA

End Port/Location: Ferndale, WA

Start Date: 2015-08-24

End Date: 2015-08-27

Equipment Used: Trimble R7 GPS receiver (EG), Zephyr Model 2 antenna, Other, pipedredge, single beam sonar 180-280KHz, Other, sidescansonar

Information to be Derived: Stream and estuary distributary depths, Acoustic backscatter intensity, Sound Velocity Profiles, Sediment particle size

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Data submitted to FAD 10/5/2016

Staff: Eric Grossman

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity W-05-13-PS,

Platform is 17-ft SeaArk.

Navigation collected with Trimble R7 (S/N=5114K21169) and Zephyr Model 2 Antennae (S/N=1441053097); Sediment sampler is PipeDredge; Single-beam used is 180-280KHz HydroBook Sonar sampling at 30Hz (S/N=104); Sidescan is Tritech 990KHz Starfish (S/N=BP00177.002728); Sound Velocity Profiler is YSI Castaway (S/N=10G180637).

Location:

Nooksack River-Delta, western Washington, USA

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