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Field Activity Details for field activity IR209MB

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AKA: none

Other ID: I-R2-09-MB

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): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

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: 2009-12-15

End Date: 2009-12-15

Equipment Used: GPS, instrumentmooring, tripod

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:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Recovery of SCH_20m_Tripod and SCH_30m_Tripod. Deployment on I-D2-09-MB; 10/21/2009

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
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-r2-09-mb.060 (Provisional best file)
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information
tripod --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
Station Information

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