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Field Activity Details for field activity A309MK

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-3-09-MK

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coral Reefs (MU070)

Principal Investigator(s):

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To understand the influence of sea level on sediment transport.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kaunakakai, Molokai, HI

End Port/Location: Kaunakakai, Molokai, HI

Start Date: 2009-05-18

End Date: 2009-05-27

Equipment Used: navigation, instrumentmooring

Information to be Derived: Waves, currents, tides, acoustic backscatter, optical backscatter, temperature, salinity, sediment composition, sediment grain size, wind speed, wind direction, seafloor imagery.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Rian Bogle, Henry Chezar, Susan Cochran, Michael Field, Joshua Logan, Kathy Presto, Curt Storlazzi, Michael Torresan

Affiliate Staff:
Andrea Ogston
Nate Smiley

Notes: small zodiac inflatable used, and shore based fieldwork. Data exists on Makai/ots/Hawaii/Molokai

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Mike Field
Susie Cochran
Josh Logan
Andrea Ogston
Mike Torresan
Curt Storlazzi
Kathy Presto
Hank Chezar
Nate Smiley
Rian Bogle

Location:

HI

Boundaries
North: 21.08105 South: 21.06304 West: -157.028 East: -156.97391

Platform(s):

photo of Alyce C
Alyce C

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data a-3-09-mk.050
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data a-3-09-mk.650 (Provisional best file)
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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