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Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-612-FA

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AKA: Spring Northern Monterey Bay Topo/Bathy

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts (ZP00F00)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard, Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Alexander Snyder, Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography in Monterey Bay

Vehicle(s): Explorer G62-2733K, Ford Explorer - Blue - G62-2733K, Ford Fusion HEV G10-6618K, MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L, MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R, MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2020-03-09

End Date: 2020-03-12

Equipment Used: Magellan Proflex 500, camera, Trimble R10 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Waverunners, YSI Sound velocity CTD

Information to be Derived: Nearshore bathymetry, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Topographic and bathymetric survey data collected.

Staff: Jackson Currie, Timothy Elfers, Amy Foxgrover, Daniel Hoover, Joshua Logan, Rachel Marcuson, Andrea O'Neill, Alexander Snyder, Andrew Stevens, Rae Taylor-Burns, Sean Vitousek

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Local Fieldwork, NO OT
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-610-FA

Location:

Monterey Bay

Boundaries
North: 36.99816566 South: 36.80973309 West: -122.097 East: -121.75476074

Platform(s):

photo of Waverunner 1 (SC)
Waverunner 1 (SC)
photo of Waverunner 2 (SC)
Waverunner 2 (SC)

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Magellan Proflex 500 --- Navigation
camera --- Photo
Trimble R10 GPS (AS) --- Navigation
Profiles
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
YSI Sound velocity CTD --- Sound Velocity

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