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Field Activity Details for field activity S910SF

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-9-10-SF,S-09-10-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: Sidescan, Sonar: Sound Velocity

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

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Corte Madera, CA

End Port/Location: Corte Madera, CA

Start Date: 2010-03-29

End Date: 2010-03-30

Equipment Used: GPS, sidescansonar, Soundvelocityprofiler

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Michael Boyle, Amy Foxgrover, Greg Gabel, Bruce Jaffe, Thomas Reiss

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Corte Madera Mud Flats, San Francisco Bay. This effort is part of a multi-disciplinary GD/BRD/WRD study entitled, Effectsof regional wetland restoration on mud flats of the South San Francisco Bay:avian ecology, food webs, and sediment supply .

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Greg Gabel
Mike Boyle
Amy Foxgrover
Bruce Jaffe
Tom Reiss

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 37.94309 South: 37.9039 West: -122.505 East: -122.45755

Platform(s):

photo of Parke Snavely
Parke Snavely

Publications

Foxgrover, A.C., Finlayson, D.P., Jaffe, B.E., Takekawa, J.Y., Thorne, K.M., and Spragens, K.A., 2011, 2010 bathymetric survey and digital elevation model of Corte Madera Bay, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1217, 20 p., https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1217/.

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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-9-10-sf.063 (Provisional best file)
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
Soundvelocityprofiler --- Sound Velocity
svp data 088_155632_SVP01.svp
svp data 088_212606_SVP02.svp
svp data 089_155901_SVP03.svp

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