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Field Activity Details for field activity F308MB

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AKA: none

Other ID: F-3-08-MB

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies (MU195)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Conaway, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Turbidity, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To determine sea floor and suspended sediment grain size variability in the study area.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor

Start Date: 2008-12-17

End Date: 2008-12-17

Equipment Used: LISST, Eyeball, GPS

Information to be Derived: Sediment size, sediment color

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joshua Logan, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (USGS, PSC) - chief scientist
Christopher Conaway (chief scientist, USGS, PSC) - co
Josh Logan (geographer, USGS, PSC) - vessel captain

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 36.96151 South: 36.94326 West: -122.022 East: -121.99311

Platform(s):

photo of Frontier
Frontier

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
LISST --- Turbidity
Eyeball --- Photo
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data f-3-08-mb.060 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format

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