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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-321-FA

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Other ID: FIM fieldwork

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Legna Torres-Garcia

Affiliate Investigator(s): Justin Boldt, USGS-OKI; Jeff Frey USGS-OKI; Matthew Whitehead, USGS-OKI; Julieta Gomez-Fragoso, USGS-CFWSC, Melinda Lohmann, USGS-CFWSC; David Sumner, USGS-Southeast Region

Information Specialist(s): Legna Torres-Garcia

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Benchmarks, Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Field work to collect river cross-section bathymetry and GPS survey to develop flood inundation map.

Vehicle(s): Rental Vehicle

Start Port/Location: Comerio, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: Caguas, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 2025-02-02

End Date: 2025-02-07

Equipment Used: Water Level Recorder, Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS, GPS topographic survey buggy, GPS Pole

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, Maps

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Fieldwork in Puerto Rico with staff from the Water Science Centers at Oklahoma-Indiana-Kentucky Center and the Caribbean and Florida Center. May use kayak from Puerto Rico from Carribean-Florida Water Science Center.

Location:

Puerto Rico

Boundaries
North: 18.64624514 South: 17.67193877 West: -67.44873092 East: -65.54443359

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Water Level Recorder --- Benchmarks
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) DGPS --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
GPS topographic survey buggy --- Benchmarks
Navigation
Profiles
Transects
GPS Pole --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects

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