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AKA: none

Other ID: I-D2-09-MB,SCHARB

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Santa Cruz Harbor Dredge Disposal Demonstration Project (MU254)

Principal Investigator(s): Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Tide, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect oceanographic data to understand influence of dredge disposal on nearshore ecosystems

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor

Start Date: 2009-10-13

End Date: 2009-10-14

Equipment Used: wave/tide gauge, OBS, LISST, temperature/, salinity sensor, acousticdoppler, opticalbackscattersensor, GPS

Information to be Derived: current speed, current direction, acoustic backscatter, wave height, wave period, wave direction, tidal height, optical backscatter, sediment grain size, temperature, salinity

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Peter Dal Ferro, Timothy Elfers, Kathy Presto, Kurt Rosenberger, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: doppler current profiler (ADCP) SCH_20m_Tripod and SCH_30m_Tripod were deployed on 10/21/2009. Recovery date 12/15/2009

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (USGS, PSC) - chief scientist
Josh Logan (USGS, PSC) - information specialist
Kathy Presto (USGS, PSC) - instrumentation specialist
Kurt Rosenberger (USGS, PSC) - instrumentation specialist
Tim Elfers (USGS, PSC) - mechanical technician
Pete DalFerro (USGS, PSC) - mechanical technician

Location:

Monterey Bay

Boundaries
North: 37 South: 36.75 West: -122.5 East: -121.75

Platform(s):

photo of Shana Rae
Shana Rae

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
wave/tide gauge --- Tide
Wave
OBS --- Sediment Properties
Turbidity
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
LISST --- Turbidity
temperature/ --- Temperature
salinity sensor --- Conductivity
acousticdoppler --- Current
Station Information
opticalbackscattersensor --- Turbidity
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-d2-09-mb.060 (Provisional best file)

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