USGS - science for a changing world

USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-636-FA

View new CMGDS report form

AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): High Energy Active Margins (ZP00F00)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Daniel Hoover

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor changes in beach sand volume and distribution

Vehicle(s): MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R

Start Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

End Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

Start Date: 2020-09-03

End Date: 2020-09-03

Equipment Used: camera, Structure from Motion - ground vehicle, Handheld GPS Nomad, Radio (base), Radio (rover), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Zephyr Geodetic 2 antenna

Information to be Derived: Beach elevation

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Beach GPS elevation data and SfM photos were collected.

Staff: Daniel Hoover, Alexander Snyder

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Includes SfM photos of Funston bluffs.

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-628-FA

Location:

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA, California

Boundaries
North: 37.80802086 South: 37.6058952 West: -122.579 East: -122.47805176

Platform(s):

photo of ATV
ATV

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
camera --- Photo
Structure from Motion - ground vehicle --- Photo
Handheld GPS Nomad --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Radio (base) --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Radio (rover) --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Zephyr Geodetic 2 antenna --- Navigation

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
Questions or Comments? Contact CMGDS Team
https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov