Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-334-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s): Estuary and Marsh Geology - EMRG (Geomorphology) (GX.24.MN00.M1D20.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Smith, Kathryn Smith

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joseph Terrano

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Sediment Properties, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy multiple sensors in the estuary

Vehicle(s): Ford F-250 Stone Grey

Start Port/Location: Saint Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: Moss Point, MS

Start Date: 2019-06-09

End Date: 2019-06-14

Equipment Used: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Other, Nortek Aquadopp Current Meter, Other, Other

Information to be Derived: Grain size, current, wave height, temperature, turbidity

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jessica Jacobs, Joseph Terrano, Hunter Wilcox

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Deployment of underwater sensors in the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Project will either use NERR staff and vessel or will take USGS vessel Mako. Dives will be roughly 1 hour each in two locations (8 ft and 15 ft deep). This field activity is a companion to 2019-303-FA field activities.

Location:

Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi and Alabama, United States, Gulf of Mexico

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