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Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-603-FA

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AKA: ERO20

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

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

Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Lacy

Affiliate Investigator(s): Maureen Downing-Kunz, CAWSC Francis Parchaso, WMA

Information Specialist(s): Joanne C. Ferreira

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine temporal variability in bed sediment erodibility and investigate its causes

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Dodge Ram truck G43-1698S, MarFac; Ford F350 pickup/stake truck; 6 pass; G82-0317H

Start Port/Location: Vallejo, CA

End Port/Location: Vallejo, CA

Start Date: 2020-01-21

End Date: 2020-06-02

Equipment Used: camera, GPS, Gomex Core, Moorings - Tripods

Information to be Derived: Wave properties, currents, suspended-sediment concentration, salinity, water level, bed sediemnt grains size, bulk density, and carbon content.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Platforms were not recovered until June 2, 2020 due to COVID. Bed sediments were sampled 5 times during deployment and once in June. Data collection was successful.

Staff: Rachel Allen, Peter Dal Ferro, Joanne C. Ferreira, Cordell Johnson, Jessica Lacy, Daniel Powers, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-625-FA

Location:

northern San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 38.17127344 South: 37.96368875 West: -122.55523682 East: -121.86584473

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

McGill, S.C., Lacy, J.R., Ferreira, J.C.T., Allen, R.M., WinklerPrins, L., and Tan, A.C., 2021, Hydrodynamic and sediment transport data from San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N88U5G.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
camera --- Photo
GPS --- Navigation
Gomex Core --- Geology
Moorings - Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Hydrodynamic time-series data from San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020 (Hydrodynamic and sediment transport time-series data, including water depth, velocity, turbidity, conductivity, and temperature, were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center within two embayments of San Francisco Bay. Data were collected in San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay from January to June 2020 at seven locations. Data files are grouped by area (shallows of San Pablo Bay, channel of San Pablo Bay, and shallows of Grizzly Bay). Each shallow site contained a variety of sensors located on two tripods, while the channel site consisted of one tripod. Users are advised to assess data quality carefully, and to check metadata for instrument information, as platform deployment times and data-processing methods varied.)
Suspended sediment concentrations from water samples collected in San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020 (Water samples were collected in San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay on five days from January through June 2020. The water samples were collected from a small vessel near pre-established USGS instrument moorings using a peristaltic pump or a Niskin bottle. Data are provided in a comma-delimited values spreadsheet.)
Distribution of particle size in suspension at various depths from San Pablo Bay and Grizzly Bay, California, 2020 (These data present suspended particle size distributions collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center within two embayments of San Francisco Bay. Data were collected at one site in San Pablo Bay and one site in Grizzly Bay from January through February 2020 by deploying a Sequoia Scientific Laser In-situ Scattering and Transmissometry instrument (LISST 200x) from a small vessel near pre-established USGS instrument moorings. At both sites, data were collected on four dates at three depths, generally near the water surface, at mid depth, and near the sediment bed, for 1-3 minutes at each depth. LISST volume concentrations are most accurate when the optical percent transmission is above 30, when this is true, light passing through the sample volume is unlikely to be scattered by more than one particle. These files contain all samples collected, judgment should be applied when using them. Users are advised to check metadata and instrument information carefully for applicable time periods of specific data.)
Meteorological data from Grizzly Bay, California, 2020 (Meteorological data, including wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, relative humidity, and air pressure, were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center at a site located in Grizzly Bay, California. A Vaisala WXT530 meteorological station was mounted atop of a dolphin-type mooring structure, from January to June 2020. The data were truncated based on deployment and recovery times of hydrodynamic time-series data, spurious data points from the wind sensor were removed, and the file was written to netCDF. Spurious points were identified based on a recorded wind speed of 0. These points were set to NaN (Not a Number). Users are advised to assess data quality carefully, and to check metadata for additional instrument information.)

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