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Field Activity Details for field activity E103WO

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AKA: none

Other ID: E-1-03-WO

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Columbia River (MU064)

Principal Investigator(s):

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jim Petersen

Information Specialist(s): Bill Danforth

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map river bottom from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: N/A

End Port/Location: N/A

Start Date: 2003-02-03

End Date: 2003-02-17

Equipment Used: multibeam, sidescansonar, navigation

Information to be Derived: 3-D image of river bottom, water velocity, flow direction, turbidity, sediment depths.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Two weeks of charting the river bottom from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles using multiple beam sonar system.

Staff: Michael Boyle, Tim Counihan, Bill Danforth, Larry Kooker

Affiliate Staff:
Jim Petersen (USGS) - fishery biologist
James Hatten (USGS) - geoprapher

Notes: Hood River News, 2/18/2003, "A New Look at an Old River" by RaeLynn Gill. files exist on imgarc1/E-1-03-WO

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jim Petersen (USGS) - fishery biologist
James Hatten (USGS) - geoprapher
Tim Counihan (USGS) - biologist
Larry Kooker (USGS) - technician
Mike Boyle (USGS) - technician
Bill Danforth - USGS

Location:

WA

Boundaries
North: 45.72865 South: 45.71288 West: -121.616 East: -121.49555

Platform(s):

photo of Estero
Estero

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
multibeam --- Multibeam
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
navigation --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data e-1-03-wo.060 (Provisional best file)

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