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Field Activity Details for field activity A210OA

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-2-10-OA, A-02-10-OA, A0210OA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coral Reefs (Pacific) (MU071)

Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: investigate hydrography and coral spawning in Maunalua Bay

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ala Wai Yacht Harbor

End Port/Location: Ala Wai Yacht Harbor

Start Date: 2010-06-07

End Date: 2010-06-18

Equipment Used: Remotely Operated Vehicle, navigation, instrumentmooring, video, imagery

Information to be Derived: tide, wave height, wave period, wave direction, current speed, current direction, acoustic backscatter, optical backscatter, temperature, salinity, turbidity, light transmission, chlorophyll, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall,larval density, larval transport pathway

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joshua Logan, Greg Piniak, Kathy Presto, Thomas Reiss, Curt Storlazzi, Renee Takesue

Affiliate Staff:
Pete dal Ferro (diver
USGS) - mechanical technician
Robert Richmond (UH) - biologist
Shay Viehman (diver
NOAA
CCFHR) - biologist
Cheryl Woodley (
NOAA
CCEHBR) - biologist

Notes: WCP Water column profiler (Seabird profiler 19+) WS is a weather station onshore. Instruments were deployed during this activity.
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (diver, USGS) - chief scientist
Kathy Presto (diver, USGS) - oceanographer
Josh Logan (diver, USGS) - geographer
Tom Reiss (diver, USGS) - geographer
Pete dal Ferro (diver, USGS) - mechanical technician
Renee Takesue (USGS) - research geochemist
Cheryl Hapke (USGS) - research geologist
Robert Richmond (UH) - biologist
Greg Piniak (diver, NOAA, CCFHR) - biologist
Shay Viehman (diver, NOAA, CCFHR) - biologist
Cheryl Woodley (, NOAA, CCEHBR) - biologist

Location:

HI

Boundaries
North: 21.2877 South: 21.2449 West: -157.799 East: -157.71904

Platform(s):

photo of Alyce C
Alyce C

Publications

Presto, M.K., Storlazzi, C.D., Logan, J.B., Reiss, T.E., and Rosenberger, K.J., 2012, Coastal Circulation and Potential Coral-larval Dispersal in Maunalua Bay, OÊ»ahu, HawaiiâMeasurements of Waves, Currents, Temperature, and Salinity, JuneâSeptember 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1040, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1040/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Remotely Operated Vehicle --- Photo
Video
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Drifters-061210 (GPS plot of drifter )
Drifters-061310 (GPS plot of drifters)
Drifters-061410 (GPS plot of drifters)
navigation --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data a-2-10-oa.060 (Provisional best file)
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data a-2-10-oa.650 (Provisional best file)
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
survey information (mooring location)
video --- Video
imagery --- Photo
Video

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