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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-622-FA

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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 Curran, USGS-WAWSC

Information Specialist(s): Eric Grossman

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Examine hydrodynamics and sediment transport affecting marsh restoration, eelgrass, and flood hazards to NNWR

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: luhr Beach, Nisqually, WA

End Port/Location: luhr Beach, Nisqually, WA

Start Date: 2017-03-06

End Date: 2017-03-07

Equipment Used: ADV, Trimble R7 GPS receiver (EG)

Information to be Derived: Instrument and Water Surface Elevations

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This is a very quick site visit to gather WSE elevation data. Will elaborate on nature of continuous data being collected by USGS WAWSC ASAP.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Nisqually River Delta

Boundaries
North: 47.11984766 South: 47.06118435 West: -122.74681091 East: -122.67237244

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Other

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
ADV --- Current
water_data (Water time series data from McAllister and Nisqually rivers, collected with acoustic doppler velocity meters.)
Trimble R7 GPS receiver (EG) --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS (GPS horizontal and vertical position data were collected on the Nisqually River, McAllister Creek and Nisqually River Delta to survey in water surface, instrumentation and delta structures.)

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