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Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-311-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux - CSAF (GX.24.MN00.M0Y60.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis, Emily Wei

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy DeWitt

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To assess barrier island and shoreface resilience after Hurricane Sandy.

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

Start Port/Location: Cape May, NJ

End Port/Location: Cape May, NJ

Start Date: 2020-05-31

End Date: 2020-06-12

Equipment Used: Grab Sampler, Multibeam Bathymetry System, Castaway-CTD

Information to be Derived: Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, grain size of sediment grab samples

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Due to COVID-19, we could not conduct field work at this time.

Staff: Nancy DeWitt, Andrew Farmer, Emily Wei

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Seven-Mile Island, New Jersey, Cape May

Boundaries
North: 39.12414268 South: 38.99742857 West: -74.85038996 East: -74.5962131

Platform(s):

photo of Sallenger
Sallenger

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab Sampler --- Biology
Geology
Multibeam Bathymetry System --- Multibeam
Castaway-CTD --- Sound Velocity

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