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Field Activity Details for field activity K407PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: K-4-07-PS,AZZB2

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s): Jessica Lacy

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jessica Lacy, Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize tidal currents and wave energy over the course of a winter season near Possession Pt, on the west side of Possession Sound, and Browns Bay, on the east side of Possession Sound. This work is part of a larger study comparing physical and biological attributes of the nearshore region at the two sites.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Edmonds, WA

End Port/Location: Edmonds, WA

Start Date: 2007-11-14

End Date: 2008-02-22

Equipment Used: GPS, Vanveen grab sampler, CTD, ADP, ADV

Information to be Derived: Time series of current speed and direction, wave height and direction, wave velocities, salinity, temperature, and depth. Grain size of bed sediments.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joanne C. Ferreira, Jessica Lacy, Hal Williams

Affiliate Staff:
Jamie Grover

Notes: Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound, Beach and Nearshore Dynamics Task

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jessie Lacy
Hal Williams
Jamie Grover
Joanne Ferreira

Location:

WA USA

Boundaries
North: 47.86059 South: 47.84073 West: -122.353 East: -122.33565

Platform(s):


Karluk

Publications

Stevens, A.W., Lacy, J.R., 2012, The Influence of Wave Energy and Sediment Transport on Seagrass Distribution: Estuaries and Coasts, v. 35 no. 1, pp. 92–108, doi: 10.1007/s12237-011-9435-1.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data k-4-07-ps.060 (Provisional best file)
Vanveen grab sampler --- Geology
Station Information
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
ADP --- Current
Station Information
ADV --- Current
Station Information

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