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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2025-625-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: SC Harbor ADCP

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record (ZP00ES5)

Contact(s): Kurt Rosenberger, Eric Geist, Stephanie Ross

Information Specialist(s): Kurt Rosenberger

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy an acoustic Doppler current profiler to monitor currents and water levels in the harbor to measure the effects of large events (tsunamis and large wave events) on the coast and any potential flooding or damage to infrastructure caused by such events

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, CA

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, CA

Start Date: 2025-04-10

End Date: 2026-04-10

Equipment Used: totalstation, ADCP - RDInstruments - 1200 kHz

Information to be Derived: water current profiles, sea water level, sea water temperature

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ADCP deployed in harbor, data syncing to s3 bucket and FAD.

Notes:

Location:

Santa Cruz Harbor

Boundaries
North: 36.96480921 South: 36.96038573 West: -122.00411797 East: -121.99995518

Platform(s):


R/V Jewell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
totalstation --- Navigation
ADCP - RDInstruments - 1200 kHz --- Current
Wave
Mooring (physical oceanography)

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