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Field Activity Details for field activity ID110SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: I-D1-10-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): San Francisco Bay Coastal System (ZP00DMA)

Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Lacy

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joanne C. Ferreira

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate wave attenuation across mudflats and marsh.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Helmuts marine, Richmond CA

End Port/Location: Helmuts marine, Richmond CA

Start Date: 2010-01-22

End Date: 2010-03-22

Equipment Used: GPS, instrumentmooring, tripod, samples

Information to be Derived: Wave heights, periods, and directions, current speed and direction, tidal stage, salinity, bed sediment grain size.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Oceanographic instruments will be deployed in a cross-shore transect to measure wave heights and propagation direction.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Wave attenuation. associated activitiy: mapping of Corte Madera Bay by Jaffe, Finlayson, Kayen and others in January 2009.

Location:

near Corte Madera

Boundaries
North: 37.93198 South: 37.92767 West: -122.506 East: -122.46228

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

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Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-d1-10-sf.060 (Provisional best file)
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
tripod --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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