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Field Activity Details for field activity S1410SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-14-10-SC

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): Peter Dartnell

Affiliate Investigator(s): Andy Richie

Information Specialist(s): Peter Dartnell

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: collect bathymetry and acoustic backscatter data within the Santa Barbara Channel, CA

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Santa Barbara, CA

End Port/Location: Ventura, CA

Start Date: 2010-06-28

End Date: 2010-07-21

Equipment Used: GPS, multibeam

Information to be Derived: bathymetry, seafloor habitats and geology

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: bathymetry and acoustic backscatter

Staff: Jackson Currie, Peter Dal Ferro, Gerry Hatcher, Thomas Reiss, Jennifer White, Robert Wyland

Affiliate Staff:
Andy Richie (chief scientist
USGS) - co
Jamie Grover (USGS) - captain

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Pete Dartnell (chief scientist, USGS) - co
Andy Richie (chief scientist, USGS) - co
Jackson Currie (USGS) - electronics technician
Rob Wyland (USGS) - ocean engineer
Gerry Hatcher (USGS) - ocean engineer
Tom Reiss (USGS) - RTK
Jamie Grover (USGS) - captain
Pete Dal Ferro (USGS) - captain
Jenny White (USGS) - captain

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 34.40914 South: 34.18624 West: -119.747 East: -119.26568

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Dartnell, P., Finlayson, D.P., Ritchie, A.C., Cochrane, G.R., and Erdey, M.D., 2012, Bathymetry and acoustic backscatterâOuter mainland shelf, eastern Santa Barbara Channel, California: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 702, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/702/.

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