AKA: none
Other ID: T-1-99-WO
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s): Coastal Change Hazards (MU051), Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion Study (MU274)
Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Turbidity, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Depth, Environmental Data: Tide, Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect wave data to calibrate SWAN refraction model, Collection of surface sediment grab samples for ground-truthing of multi-beam bathymetry and calibration of OBS
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA
End Port/Location: Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA and Grays Harbor, WA
Start Date: 1999-10-01
End Date: 1999-12-29
Equipment Used: opticalbackscattersensor, ADV, ADP, pressuresensor, tidemeter, VanVeengrab, CTD, GPS, tripod
Information to be Derived: Grain Size; Currents; Depth from instruments to seafloor; Suspended sediment concentration; Wave height, period and direction; Salinity, temperature and density of water column
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed tripods off coast of SW WA. Collected wave, current and suspended sediment information. Grab samples taken for ground-truthing and OBS calibration. Collection of CTD profiles
Staff: Laura Kerr, Christopher Sherwood
Affiliate Staff:
Meg Palmsten (Mechanical Technician
USF) - Sampling
Keith Kurrus (Evans Hamilton Inc.) - Oceanographer
Justin Brodersen (Evans Hamilton Inc.) - Mechanical Technician
Eric Noah (Evans Hamilton Inc.) - Navigation/mechanical Technician
Terry Larson (Tricia Rae) - Captain
George Kaminsky (WA Dept. of Ecology) - Observer
Notes: Interim trips: Nov 2, 1999 left from and returned to Grays Harbor, WA Nov 5, 1999 left from and returned to Grays Harbor, WA Nov 27, 1999 left from and returned from Grays Harbor, WA Tricia Rae - all legs of deployment and retrieval were performed on this fishing vessel
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Laura Kerr (Sampling, Mech Tech, Navigation, USGS Western Region) - Facs Curator
Meg Palmsten (Mechanical Technician, USF) - Sampling
Chris Sherwood (USGS Western Region) - Observer
Keith Kurrus (Evans Hamilton Inc.) - Oceanographer
Justin Brodersen (Evans Hamilton Inc.) - Mechanical Technician
Eric Noah (Evans Hamilton Inc.) - Navigation/mechanical Technician
Terry Larson (Tricia Rae) - Captain
George Kaminsky (WA Dept. of Ecology) - Observer
Location:
Washington
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 47.01415 | South: 46.87342 | West: -124.7963 | East: -124.1655 |
Platform(s):
Tricia Rae |
