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Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-665-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Daniel Nowacki

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment-transport studies related to coastal habitats in Bellingham Bay

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Bellingham, WA

End Port/Location: Bellingham, WA

Start Date: 2019-09-26

End Date: 2019-09-27

Equipment Used: GPS, instrumentmooring

Information to be Derived: Time-series of currents, waves, and water-quality parameters

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 6 water samples for SSC analysis

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-638-FA

Location:

Bellingham Bay, Washington

Boundaries
North: 48.8 South: 48.65 West: -122.7 East: -122.45

Platform(s):


Small Power Boat Class A

Publications

Nowacki, C.J., Vanarendonk, N.R., Stevens, A., Grossman, E., and Tan, A.C.M.L., 2023, Oceanographic and water-quality measurements collected in Bellingham Bay, Washington, USA, 2019 to 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96EH1MS.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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