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Field Activity Details for field activity S109SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-1-09-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): South Bay Salt Ponds (MU268)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): David Finlayson

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Measure tidal flat and subtidal morphology. Collect baseline data set for change detection.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City/Palo Alto

End Port/Location: Redwood City/Palo Alto

Start Date: 2009-02-09

End Date: 2009-02-11

Equipment Used: CTD, acousticdoppler, GPS, grab sampler, SwathPlus, Klein

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry and backscatter data

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Michael Boyle, James Conrad, David Finlayson, Robert Wyland, Thomas Reiss

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: 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

Staff information imported from InfoBank
David Finlayson
Jamie Conrad
Mike Boyle
Rob Wyland
Tom Reiss

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 37.62075815 South: 37.48401241 West: -122.33523566 East: -122.10122676

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Foxgrover, A.C., Jaffe, B.E., and Fregoso, T.A., 2022, Bathymetric surveys collected near Dumbarton Bridge in south San Francisco Bay, California, 2008 to 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BIB67S.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
acousticdoppler --- Current
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
grab sampler --- Surveys (geochemical)
Geology
SwathPlus --- Interferometric
Multibeam
Bathymetry (Bathymetric survey data were collected in February 2009 just south of Dumbarton Bridge in south San Francisco Bay, California. The bathymetry is provided as a 1-m resolution raster in geoTIFF format, referenced to the vertical datum of mean lower low water (MLLW).)
Klein --- Sidescan

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