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Field Activity Details for field activity S0612SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-06-12-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: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam

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, S-2-12-SF, S-3-12-SF, W-08-11-SF, W-01-12-SF, W-02-12-SF.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 2012-10-12

End Date: 2012-10-19

Equipment Used: GPS, SWATHplus 234.5 kHz interferom

Information to be Derived: bathymetry and acoustic backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jackson Currie, Peter Dal Ferro, David Finlayson, Amy Foxgrover, Thomas Reiss, Jennifer White, Robert Wyland

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Amy Foxgrover
David Finlayson
Rob Wyland
Jenny White
Jackson Currie
Tom Reiss
Pete Dal Ferro

Location:

South San Francisco Bay

Boundaries
North: 37.55126 South: 37.42289 West: -122.215 East: -121.97502

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-06-12-sf.062 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
SWATHplus 234.5 kHz interferom --- Interferometric
Multibeam

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