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Field Activity Details for field activity T0113CA

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AKA: none

Other ID: T-01-13-CA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Gerry Hatcher

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): David Finlayson, Gerry Hatcher, Daniel Hoover, Joshua Logan, Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Location-Elevation: Profiles, Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Beach topographic sampling comparison between Mobile LIDAR, ATV and Walking Survey methods.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA

End Port/Location: Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA

Start Date: 2013-12-11

End Date: 2013-12-11

Equipment Used: topographic equipment, Lidar

Information to be Derived: We will collect beach and surfzone topography using three different methods to compare and contrast results, strenghts, and shortcomings of each system.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jackson Currie, David Finlayson, Gerry Hatcher, Joshua Logan, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jackson Currie
David Finlayson
Gerry Hatcher
Josh Logan
Andrew Stevens

Location:

CA

Boundaries
North: 37.85944 South: 37.522 West: -122.62 East: -122.4

Platform(s):

photo of ATV
ATV
photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
topographic equipment --- Profiles
Transects
Lidar --- LIDAR

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