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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-653-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)

Principal Investigator(s): Amy East

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Document extreme debris flows from 2018-03-22 atmospheric river event.

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P

Start Port/Location: Groveland, CA

End Port/Location: Groveland, CA

Start Date: 2018-07-29

End Date: 2018-07-31

Equipment Used: GoPro, camera, GPS, Hand-grab sample

Information to be Derived: Sediment samples, oblique aerial imagery.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: UAS video and GPS data collected.

Staff: Amy East, Joshua Logan

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Tuolumne River, main stem.

Boundaries
North: 37.90999996 South: 37.85462035 West: -120.25618201 East: -120.10541653

Platform(s):

photo of Raft
Raft

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GoPro --- Video
camera --- Photo
GPS --- Navigation
Hand-grab sample --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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