AKA: none
Other ID: Elwha 2023 summer survey
Status: Completed
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): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography on the Elwha River delta
Vehicle(s): MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Start Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
End Port/Location: Port Angeles, WA
Start Date: 2023-07-29
End Date: 2023-08-03
Equipment Used: Trimble R7 GPS (AS), Trimble R7 GPS receiver, Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9, Waverunners, YSI Sound velocity CTD, Hand-grab sample
Information to be Derived: Nearshore Bathymetry, Beach Topography
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathymetry and beach topography data collected successfully.
Staff: Andrew Ritchie, Jackson Currie, Andrew Stevens
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
Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-638-FA.
Location:
Puget Sound
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 48.17624572 | South: 48.10493829 | West: -123.633 | East: -123.38360665 |
Platform(s):
![]() Waverunner 1 (SC) | ![]() Waverunner 2 (SC) |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimble R7 GPS (AS) | --- | Benchmarks Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 | --- | Benchmarks LIDAR Navigation Profiles Transects | |
| Waverunners | --- | Navigation Single Beam | |
| YSI Sound velocity CTD | --- | CTD Sound Velocity | |
| Hand-grab sample | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology |