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Field Activity Details for field activity ID310SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: I-D3-10-SC,MCT01

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): California Urban Ocean (MU034)

Principal Investigator(s): Jingping Xu

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joanne Thede

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate sediment transport and bypass of Mugu submarine canyon

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ventura, CA

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2010-04-27

End Date: 2010-05-01

Equipment Used: OBS3, Poking Eyeball Camera, GPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Wave heights, periods, and directions, current speed and direction, sediment concentration & grainsize

Staff: Henry Chezar, Joanne Thede, Jingping Xu

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Mugu Canyon Tracer Study. Instrument deployment MCT10NWT and MCT10SET

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jingping Xu
Joanne Ferreira
Hank Chezar

Location:

California Coast near Port Hueneme

Boundaries
North: 34.10889 South: 34.09197 West: -119.157 East: -119.12411

Platform(s):

photo of Shana Rae
Shana Rae

Publications

Kinsman, N., and Xu, J.P., 2012, Fluorescent tracer experiment on Holiday Beach near Mugu Canyon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012â1131, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1131/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
OBS3 --- Turbidity
Station Information
Poking Eyeball Camera --- Photo
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-d3-10-sc.060 (Provisional best file)

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