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Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-655-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: Strategic Placement; DMP23

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments (ZP00FDB)

Principal Investigator(s): Andrew Stevens, Jessica Lacy

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Sonar: Interferometric, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor dispersal of disposed dredged material.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: REDWOOD CITY, CA

End Port/Location: REDWOOD CITY, CA

Start Date: 2023-08-10

End Date: 2024-02-29

Equipment Used: SWATH plus-M , Gomex Core, Push corer, Moorings - Tripods, RBR Virtuoso, RBR Duo, Nortek Vector ADV, CTD - RBR, ADCP - RDInstruments - 1200 kHz

Information to be Derived: Currents, waves, SSC, sediment properties, bathymetry.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Repeat bathymetric mapping, deployment of oceanographic instruments, sediment sampling.

Staff: Peter Dartnell, Rachel Allen, Joanne C. Ferreira, Cordell Johnson, Daniel Powers, Peter Dal Ferro, Rachel Marcuson, Samantha McGill

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

South San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 37.6136875 South: 37.56090835 West: -122.22770691 East: -122.13535309

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

R/V Jewell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SWATH plus-M --- Interferometric
Gomex Core --- Geology
Push corer --- Surveys (geochemical)
Surveys (biological)
Biology
Geology
Moorings - Tripods --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
RBR Virtuoso --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Tide
Wave
Turbidity
pH
ORP
Fluorescence
Dissolved Oxygen
Temperature
Pressure
CTD
RBR Duo --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Nortek Vector ADV --- Temperature
Mooring (physical oceanography)
Wave
Tide
Pressure
Current
CTD - RBR --- CTD
Mooring (physical oceanography)
ADCP - RDInstruments - 1200 kHz --- Current
Wave
Mooring (physical oceanography)

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