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Field Activity Details for field activity 2017-694-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): Li Erikson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Shawn Harrison, Joshua Logan, Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography in Monterey Bay

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L, MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2017-11-30

End Date: 2017-12-08

Equipment Used: Solo PCMSC01, Trimble R10 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, grab sampler, Solo PCMSC02, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Waverunners, YSI Sound velocity CTD

Information to be Derived: Nearshore bathymetry, beach topography using jetskis, GPS backpacks, UAS-derived photography for SfM and Argus products

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Base, bathy, field_notes, linefile, matlab, sediment_sampling, svp and topo submitted to FAD by Andrew Stevens 12/6/2017

Staff: Timothy Elfers, Shawn Harrison, Daniel Hoover, Cordell Johnson, SeanPaul La Selle, Joshua Logan, Thomas Reiss, Schuyler (Contractor) Smith, Alexander Snyder, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: GGONR project
Local Fieldwork, NO OT
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-627-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-674-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-620-FA

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2017-678-FA

Location:

Monterey Bay, beaches and nearshore at Seascape and Sunset State Beach

Boundaries
North: 36.95976848 South: 36.86358951 West: -121.88894641 East: -121.81381225

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
Solo PCMSC01 --- Photo
Video
Trimble R10 GPS (AS) --- Navigation
Profiles
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
grab sampler --- Surveys (geochemical)
Geology
Solo PCMSC02 --- Photo
Video
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
YSI Sound velocity CTD --- Sound Velocity

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