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AKA: none

Other ID: I-D3-09-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: Wave, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect oceanographic data and suspended sediment samples 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: 2009-10-19

End Date: 2009-10-19

Equipment Used: wave/tide gauge, OBS, temperature/, salinity sensor, sediment traps, acousticdoppler, GPS

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

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Christopher Conaway, Kathy Presto, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: doppler current profiler (ADCP) Mooring deployment 10/19/2009. Recovery dates 12/15/2009 and 12/21/2009

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (USGS, PSC) - chief scientist
Josh Logan (USGS, PSC) - information specialist
Kathy Presto (USGS, PSC) - instrumentation specialist
Christopher Conaway (USGS, PSC) - postdoctoral researcher

Location:

Monterey Bay

Boundaries
North: 36.95764 South: 36.92373 West: -122.005 East: -121.99543

Platform(s):

photo of Paragon
Paragon

Publications

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
wave/tide gauge --- Tide
Wave
OBS --- Sediment Properties
Turbidity
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
temperature/ --- Temperature
salinity sensor --- Conductivity
sediment traps --- Geology
Station Information
acousticdoppler --- Current
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-d3-09-mb.060 (Provisional best file)

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