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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-602-FA

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AKA: Guam I2R camera and Sofar buoy recovery

Other ID: Guam Argus

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Coral Reef Science for Coasts (ZP00TY5), Next Generation Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecasts ()

Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s): Tim Clark (NPS)

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Pressure, Environmental Data: Wave, Environmental Data: Tide, Imagery: Video, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect coastal imagery, water level, and wave data to assess runup on a reef-lined coast

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Start Date: 2023-01-30

End Date: 2023-02-06

Equipment Used: GPS, RBR Virtuoso, Camera-video, Sofar Smart Mooring and Spotter Buoy, Other

Information to be Derived: tides, waves, pressure, temperature, runup

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Curt Storlazzi, Joshua Logan

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Uses new I2Rgus coastal camera system, Sofar Smart Mooring wave buoy, RBR Virtuoso3s
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-601-FA.

Location:

west-central Guam

Boundaries
North: 13.48333 South: 13.46667 West: 144.7 East: 144.73333

Platform(s):


Other

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
RBR Virtuoso --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Tide
Wave
Turbidity
pH
ORP
Fluorescence
Dissolved Oxygen
Temperature
Pressure
CTD
Camera-video --- Photo
Video
Sofar Smart Mooring and Spotter Buoy --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Wave
Other --- --- ---

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