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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-640-FA

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AKA: Elwha 2021 summer survey

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography on the Elwha River delta

Vehicle(s): MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R, MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2021-08-17

End Date: 2021-08-21

Equipment Used: YSI Sound velocity CTD, Waverunners, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft, camera

Information to be Derived: Nearshore Bathymetry, Beach Topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathymetry and aerial photography data collected, archived on FAD.

Staff: Jonathan Warrick, Andrew Stevens, Andrew Ritchie, Timothy Elfers, Jackson Currie

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-623-FA

Location:

Puget Sound

Boundaries
North: 48.17624572 South: 48.10493829 West: -123.633 East: -123.38360665

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
YSI Sound velocity CTD --- CTD
Sound Velocity
Waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS receiver --- Benchmarks
LIDAR
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft --- Photo
camera --- Photo

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