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Field Activity Details for field activity A111BI

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-1-11-BI

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of Hawaii, National Park Service

Funding Program(s): Pacific Coral Reef Geology and Oceanography (ZP00DXN)

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Field, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Susan Cochran, Joshua Logan, Kathy Presto

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sampling: Geology, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: recovery of instruments, collection of field data

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kawaihae Harbor, Kawaihae Bay, Hawai`i (Big Island)

End Port/Location: Kawaihae Harbor, Kawaihae Bay, Hawai`i (Big Island)

Start Date: 2011-03-07

End Date: 2011-03-15

Equipment Used: navigation, Push corer, electricalresistivity, camera, instrumentmooring, topographic profiling

Information to be Derived: tides, waves, currents, acoustic backscatter, optical backscatter, water temperature, salinity, sediment grain size, sediment composition, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, air temperature.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Susan Cochran, Timothy Elfers, Michael Field, Joshua Logan, Kathy Presto, Thomas Reiss, Curt Storlazzi, Michael Torresan

Affiliate Staff:
Pete Swarzenski

Notes: Alyce C used for recovering instruments. Also used small NPS boat(s) for bathymetry. Pacific coral reef geology and oceanography, Land-based pollution information collected. Push cores taken by Swarzenski (wading/snorkeling). rawdata exists on: /rawdata/2011/A-1-11-BI/rez_samp rawdata exists on: /rawdata/2011/A-1-11-BI/topo rawdata exists on: /rawdata/2011/A-1-11-BI/meter

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Mike Field
Curt Storlazzi
Josh Logan
Kathy Presto
Susie Cochran
Pete Swarzenski
Tom Reiss
Mike Torresan
Tim Elfers

Location:

Hawai`i (Big Island)

Boundaries
North: 20.5 South: 18.75 West: -156.25 East: -154.75

Platform(s):

photo of Alyce C
Alyce C

Publications

Storlazzi, C.D., Field, M.E., Presto, M.K., Swarzenski, P.W., Logan, J.B., Reiss, T.E., Elfers, T.C., Cochran, S.A., Torresan, M.E., and Chezar, H., 2013, Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Pelekane and Kawaihae Bays, Hawaiiâmeasurements of waves, current, temperature, salinity, turbidity, and geochronology: November 2010-March 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1264, 102 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1264/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data a-1-11-bi.060 (Provisional best file)
a-1-11-bi.lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format a-1-11-bi.zip
a-1-11-bi.onoff.cores.pushcore
Push corer --- Surveys (geochemical)
Surveys (biological)
Biology
Geology
electricalresistivity --- Resistivity
camera --- Photo
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
topographic profiling --- Profiles
Transects

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