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Field Activity Details for field activity S1810SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-18-10-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: 2010-09-11

End Date: 2010-09-13

Equipment Used: GPS, multibeam

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Alviso Slough Mud Flats, South San Francisco Bay

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 37.55065 South: 37.44857 West: -122.205 East: -121.97484

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
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-18-10-sf.063 (Provisional best file)
multibeam --- Multibeam
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