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USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-688-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): High Energy Active Margins (ZP00F00)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Daniel Hoover

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor changes in beach and subtidal sand volume and distribution

Vehicle(s): MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R, MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P

Start Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

End Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

Start Date: 2017-10-16

End Date: 2017-10-16

Equipment Used: CTD, Radio (base), Radio (rover), navigation, bathymetry, Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft, Handheld GPS Nomad

Information to be Derived: Beach elevation and bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Base CTD

Staff: Jackson Currie, Timothy Elfers, Daniel Hoover, Alexander Snyder

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-621-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-623-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-630-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-671-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-615-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-644-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-649-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-679-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-613-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-639-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-680-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-640-FA

Location:

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA, California

Boundaries
North: 37.80802086 South: 37.6058952 West: -122.579 East: -122.47805176

Platform(s):

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

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Radio (base) --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Radio (rover) --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
navigation --- Navigation
bathymetry --- Single Beam
Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft --- Photo
Handheld GPS Nomad --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects

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