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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-329-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): St. Petersburg CMG Mendenhall (GX.17.MN00.GQ9TN.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Patricia (Soupy) Dalyander, Timothy Nelson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Timothy Nelson

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect incipient motion data on artificial SOAs.

Vehicle(s): Rental Vehicle

Start Port/Location: Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

End Port/Location: Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529

Start Date: 2017-06-04

End Date: 2017-06-10

Equipment Used: Other, Digital Camera, Digital Video

Information to be Derived: Incipient motion and transport of sand and oil agglomerates.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 98 runs for incipient motion of SOAs of various sizes and shapes

Staff: Timothy Nelson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Vectrino Velocity Profiler
xIMU
HD Cameras
Lab data in oscillatory flow tunnel

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-364-DD

Location:

Naval Research Laboratory

Boundaries
North: 30.38566661 South: 30.34872876 West: -89.63573456 East: -89.57112191

Platform(s):

Publications

Nelson, T.R., Dalyander, P.S., Frank, D.P., Penko, A.M., Braithwaite III, E.F., and Calantoni, J., 2021, Laboratory observations of variable size and shape particles: Artificial sand and oil agglomerates: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Z2XFRJ.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Other --- --- ---
Digital CameraImagery collected on a Canon DSLR camera of experiment setup and collectionPhoto
Video
Digital Video3 GoPro Hero 3+ cameras mounted in a fixed location and recording HD video at 29.97 frames per second 2 DSLR cameras mounted in a fixed location and recording HD video at 29.97 frames per secondVideo

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