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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-638-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Elwha 2022 summer survey

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Landscape Response to Disturbance (ZP00TJV)

Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

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

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

Vehicle(s): MarFac; Expedition G62-3094P

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA

Start Date: 2022-08-08

End Date: 2022-08-12

Equipment Used: Hand-grab sample, YSI Sound velocity CTD, Waverunners, Waverunners, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS (AS)

Information to be Derived: Nearshore Bathymetry, Beach Topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jonathan Warrick, Andrew Stevens, Andrew Ritchie, Cordell Johnson, Jackson Currie

Affiliate Staff:

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

Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-640-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

Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G.R., Warrick, J.A., Miller, I.M., and Weiner, H.M., 2023, Bathymetry, topography, and sediment grainsize data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, August 2022: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9N7N9P0.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Hand-grab sample --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
YSI Sound velocity CTD --- CTD
Sound Velocity
Waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
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 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

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