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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-314-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards - NACCH (GX.21.MN00.F4J20.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jennifer (Jenna) Brown

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Pressure, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Wave

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure offshore waves, currents, and water depth.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

End Port/Location: Madeira Beach, FL

Start Date: 2018-02-28

End Date: 2018-02-28

Equipment Used: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

Information to be Derived: Mean wave parameters (height, period, direction), mean currents (magnitude and direction), and mean water depth.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Retrieved ADCP, which collected wave, current and water depth data.

Staff: Billy Reynolds, Nathan Smiley, Hunter Wilcox

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Madeira Beach, FL

Boundaries
North: 27.78897 South: 27.78897 West: -82.81229 East: -82.81229

Platform(s):

photo of Halimeda
Halimeda

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) --- Current
Depth
Pressure
Temperature
Tide
Wave

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