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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-637-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Alaska GNSS-A survey

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca, USGS, Earthquake Hazards

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Janet Watt, Rachel Marcuson

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ben Brooks, Todd Ericksen, Peter Haeussler (USGS); David Price, Joel White, and Cynthia Matzke (Scripps)

Information Specialist(s): Janet Watt

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy a waveglider to measure location of 3 GNSS-A sites offshore Sand Point and Chignik Alaska

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Seward, AK

End Port/Location: Seward, AK

Start Date: 2022-06-27

End Date: 2022-06-30

Equipment Used: GNSS-A

Information to be Derived: Detailed location of seafloor benchmarks to understand post-seismic motions

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: SV-3 waveglider was deployed from the R/V Gyre on 6/27/22. Deployment location was about a 3 hour transit from Seward- we left the dock around 1pm and returned to the dock around 8pm after successful deployment. Deployment required 7 people total (including the captain).

Staff: Rachel Marcuson

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Sand Point, AK

Boundaries
North: 58.24787117 South: 52.57189984 West: -165.322327 East: -152.08006125

Platform(s):

photo of Alaskan Gyre
Alaskan Gyre

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GNSS-A --- Benchmarks

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