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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-645-FA

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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):

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
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

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