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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-663-FA

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): Guy Gelfenbaum, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect bathymetric and topographic data from Oregon and Washington coasts.

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L

Start Port/Location: Astoria, OR

End Port/Location: Ocean Shores, WA

Start Date: 2016-08-15

End Date: 2016-09-02

Equipment Used: Radio (base), Radio (rover), Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Echosounder-2, YSI Sound velocity CTD, camera, Echosounder-1

Information to be Derived: Beach Topography, Nearshore Bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: bathy, benchmarks, field_notes, matlab, photos, svp and topo submitted to FAD 1/6/2017

Staff: Timothy Elfers, Guy Gelfenbaum, Alexander Snyder

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-631-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-647-FA

Location:

Oregon and Washington Coast

Boundaries
North: 47.23448964 South: 45.6927804 West: -124.761 East: -123.69384766

Platform(s):

photo of Waverunner 1 (SC)
Waverunner 1 (SC)
photo of Waverunner 2 (SC)
Waverunner 2 (SC)

Publications

Stevens, A.W., Weiner, H.M., Ruggiero, P., Kaminsky, G.M., and Gelfenbaum G.R., 2019, Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey data release.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Radio (base) --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Radio (rover) --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Echosounder-2 --- Single Beam
YSI Sound velocity CTD --- Sound Velocity
camera --- Photo
Echosounder-1 --- Single Beam

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