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Field Activity Details for field activity S1710SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-17-10-SF

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): San Francisco Bay Coastal System (ZP00DMA)

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Jaffe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Amy Foxgrover

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

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

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

Start Date: 2010-09-08

End Date: 2010-09-10

Equipment Used: GPS, multibeam

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: South Bay Salt Ponds. 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-16-08-SF, S-1-09-SF, S-3-09-SF, S-9-09-SF, S-1-10-SF, S-10-10-SF.

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 37.55074 South: 37.49066 West: -122.205 East: -122.10835

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
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-17-10-sf.063 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
multibeam --- Multibeam
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