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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-654-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Northern Monterey bay

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): Sonar: Sound Velocity, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo

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

Vehicle(s): Dodge Caravan - G41-2395R, Elantra G13-2403R, Explorer G62-2733K, MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R, MarFac; Crysler G12-0254S, MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P, Mitsubishi Outlander G61-0912R, Sonata Hybrid G10-6192P

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2021-09-20

End Date: 2021-09-28

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

Information to be Derived: Nearshore bathymetry, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: All data successfully collected approximately according to plan.

Staff: Rachel Marcuson, Jackson Currie, Kai Parker, Jennifer McKee, Alexander Snyder, Cordell Johnson, Daniel Hoover, Joshua Logan, Timothy Elfers, Andrea O'Neill, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Local Fieldwork,
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-611-FA.

Location:

Monterey Bay

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

Platform(s):

photo of ATV
ATV
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 --- 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
Trimble R10 GPS (AS) --- Navigation
Profiles
camera --- Photo

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