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Field Activity Details for field activity A197HW

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-1-97-HW

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Erosion and Pollution of Low-Latitude Coasts (MU054), Coastal Change Hazards (MU051)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Richmond

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joanne C. Ferreira

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Depth, Imagery: Video, Environmental Data: CTD

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Document the history of coastal erosion within the Hawaiian Islands and understand the causal mechanisms

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location: SAND ISLAND PORT OF HONOLULU HI and SAND ISLAND PORT OF HONOLULU HI

Start Date: 1997-05-01

End Date: 1997-05-01

Equipment Used: currentmeter, opticalbackscattersensor, transmissometer, magnetics, temperature, pressuregauge, altimeter, underwatertelevision, CTD

Information to be Derived: Wave and current measurements, temperature and water clarity variation. Samples collected for grain size analysis.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GEOPROBE tripod was deployed

Staff: George Tate, Joanne C. Ferreira

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Richmond (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Dafe

Location:

Hawaii

Boundaries
North: 21.41747 South: 21.41747 West: -157.7157 East: -157.7157

Platform(s):


American Islander

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
currentmeter --- Current
opticalbackscattersensor --- Turbidity
transmissometer --- Turbidity
magnetics --- Magnetics
temperature --- Temperature
pressuregauge --- Depth
altimeter --- Depth
underwatertelevision --- Video
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Integrated navigation (SINS) data a-1-97-hw.050

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