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Field Activity Details for field activity K0411MK

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AKA: none

Other ID: K-04-11-MK

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coral Reefs (MU070)

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione, Michael Field, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: track sediment transport.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kawela, Moloka`i

End Port/Location: Kawela, Moloka`i

Start Date: 2011-07-25

End Date: 2011-08-03

Equipment Used: navigation, samples, instrumentmooring

Information to be Derived: grain size and transport, tides, waves, wind, currents, turbidity, sediment dispersal rates, patterns

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: small inflatable also used; land based pollution study of coral reef. Data exists on Makai/ots/Hawaii/Molokai

Location:

Moloka`i

Boundaries
North: 21.0704 South: 21.06464 West: -156.971 East: -156.95611

Platform(s):

photo of Kayak
Kayak

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data k-04-11-mk.650 (Provisional best file)
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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