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Field Activity Details for field activity S0312SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-03-12-SF

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Amy Foxgrover

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: This effort is part of a multi-disciplinary GD/BRD/WRD study entitled Effects of regional wetland restoration on mud flats of the South San Francisco Bay: avian ecology, food webs, and sediment supply . Other surveys included in this effort: S-2-10-SF, S-18-10-SF, S-24-10-SF, S-10-11-SF, W-08-11-SF, S-02-12-SF, W-01-12-SF.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 2012-04-02

End Date: 2012-04-06

Equipment Used: soundvelocityprofiler, GPS, multibeam

Information to be Derived: bathymetry and acoustic backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Michael Boyle, Amy Foxgrover, Jennifer White

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Amy Foxgrover
Jenny White
Mike Boyle

Location:

South San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 37.55078 South: 37.42327 West: -122.214 East: -121.97498

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Foxgrover, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Jaffe, B.E., and Fregoso, T.A., 2020, Bathymetry and Digital Elevation Models of Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough, South San Francisco Bay, California (ver. 5.0: June 24, 2020): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011â1315, 20 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111315.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
soundvelocityprofiler --- Sound Velocity
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-03-12-sf.062 (Provisional best file)
multibeam --- Multibeam

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