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Field Activity Details for field activity P208MB

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AKA: none

Other ID: P-2-08-MB

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies (MU195)

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Conaway, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Curt Storlazzi

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect oceanographic data, sea floor sediment samples and suspended sediment samples to understand influence of storms and floods on nearshore ecosystems

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor

End Port/Location: Santa Cruz Harbor

Start Date: 2008-10-16

End Date: 2008-10-16

Equipment Used: tempsalinometer, opticalbackscattersensor, sedimenttrap, cores, GPS, pressuresensor, acousticdoppler

Information to be Derived: tide, wave height, wave period, wave direction, current speed, current direction, acoustic backscatter, optical backscatter, tur bidity, suspended sediment concentration, temperature, salinity, sediment grain size, sediment composition, chemistry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Amy Draut, Amy East, Kathy Presto, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Staff:
Jamie Grover (USGS
PSC) - vessel captain
Ian Miller (UC
Santa Cruz) - diver

Notes: Related activites: F-2-08-MB F-2-08-MB

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curt Storlazzi (diver, USGS, PSC) - chief scientist
Christopher Conaway (chief scientist, USGS, PSC) - co
Jamie Grover (USGS, PSC) - vessel captain
Kathy Presto (USGS, PSC) - instrumentation specialist
Amy Draut (USGS, PSC) - diver
Ian Miller (UC, Santa Cruz) - diver

Location:

Monterey Bay

Boundaries
North: 36.95673 South: 36.93657 West: -122.013 East: -121.99444

Platform(s):

photo of Paragon
Paragon

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
opticalbackscattersensor --- Turbidity
sedimenttrap --- Geology
cores --- Geology
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data p-2-08-mb.060 (Provisional best file)
pressuresensor --- Depth
Station Information
acousticdoppler --- Current

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