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Field Activity Details for field activity SV109CA

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-V1-09-CA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Evolution Modeling Project (MU056)

Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Barnard

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Daniel Hoover

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Monitor changes in sand distribution and movement in nearshore portions of the Santa Barbara littoral cell between Goleta and Mugu submarine canyon

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Start Date: 2009-10-13

End Date: 2009-10-20

Equipment Used: waverunners, ATV, GPS

Information to be Derived: Beach elevation and shoreline position, nearshore bathymetry, beach sand grain size

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ATV- and PWC-mounted GPS surveys of beaches and nearshore waters in the Santa Barbara littoral cell. Beach sand grain size measurements using ÔøΩbeachballÔøΩ camera

Staff: Patrick Barnard, Jackson Currie, Kate Dallas, Li Erikson, Daniel Hoover, Thomas Reiss, Randy Russell, George Tate

Affiliate Staff:
Jeff Hansen

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Patrick Barnard
Tom Reiss
George Tate
Jackson Currie
Li Erikson
Randy Russell
Dan Hoover
Jeff Hansen
Kate Dallas

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 34.55 South: 34 West: -119.95 East: -119

Platform(s):


Waverunners

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
ATV --- Profiles
Transects
GPS --- Navigation

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