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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-605-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Peter Dartnell

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Interferometric

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Mapping offshore effects of the Elwha dam removal

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2016-02-14

End Date: 2016-02-22

Equipment Used: Interferrometric, POS MV, YoNav

Information to be Derived: bathymetry, acoustic backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: post processed data submitted 3/1/2017 data submitted; Caris, GIS, POS_PAC, SonarWiz, SHATHPlus-M, Tide and YoNav

Staff: Jackson Currie, Peter Dal Ferro, Peter Dartnell, Timothy Elfers, Daniel Powers, Jonathan Warrick, Robert Wyland

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity S-04-13-PS

Location:

Elwha River, Puget Sound, Washington

Boundaries
North: 48.17986859 South: 48.12552583 West: -123.671 East: -123.46188424

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Dartnell, P., and Warrick, J.A., 2020, Bathymetry and acoustic-backscatter data collected in 2016 offshore the Elwha River mouth, Washington, during USGS Field Activity 2016-605-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YVVAMT.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Interferrometric --- Interferometric
Acoustic-backscatter data collected in 2016 offshore the Elwha River mouth, Washington (Acoustic-backscatter data collected during a 2016 SWATHPlus-M survey offshore the Elwha River mouth, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington.)
Bathymetry data collected in 2016 offshore the Elwha River mouth, Washington (These metadata describe bathymetry data collected during a 2016 SWATHPlus-M survey offshore the Elwha River mouth, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington. Data were collected and processed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) with fieldwork activity number 2016-605-FA. The bathymetry data are provided as a GeoTIFF image in UTM, zone 10, NAD83 coordinates, vertically referenced to NAVD88.)
POS MV --- Navigation
YoNav --- Navigation

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