AKA: none
Other ID: T-M1-09-AR
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Arctic bluff retreat (MU012)
Principal Investigator(s): Li Erikson, Curt Storlazzi
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Li Erikson
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Wave, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: CTD, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Location-Elevation: LIDAR, Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Sediment Properties
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain baseline measurements and support research contributing to the development of a predictive model of Arctic bluff retreat and inundation of barrier islands due to the a changing global climate on the North Slope of Alaska.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Barrow, Alaska
End Port/Location: Barrow, Alaska
Start Date: 2009-08-11
End Date: 2009-08-26
Equipment Used: RTK GPS, Nortek AWAC, microCat, AWAC, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, LIDAR, hand auger, thermistor, penetrometer, torvane
Information to be Derived: Waves, currents, bathymetry, sediment and bluff characteristics, suspended sediment flux, salinity and temperature, and beach and bluff topography.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected bathymetry, elevation (foreshore), grain size (bluffs), and CTD casts.
Staff: Gerry Hatcher, Jim Allen, Thomas Reiss
Affiliate Staff:
Brian Collins (Earth Surface Processes
USGS) - Terrestrial LIDAR
Mark Savoie (Kinnetics Laboratories
Inc.) - Boat captain
Moses Nayakik - Wainwright resident
Notes: mooring AIN09F1T. Shop time includes the design and construction of bottom mounts specifically designed for the North Slope. Deployment of Trawl Resistant Bottom Mount deployed Aug. 10-25. TRBM to be recovered Sept. 22-25, 2009 Platforms used: Two vessels, ATVs, and by foot. Deployment, recovery of bottom-mounted instruments, and collection of data pertaining to bathymetry, sediments, and bluff characteristics. Study of Arctic bluff retreat and inundation of an ecologically sensitive barrier island system due to a changing global climate.
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Li Erikson (CMG, USGS) - Chief Scientist
Curt Storlazzi (CMG, USGS) - Chief Scientist
Tom Reiss (USGS) - GPS; CMG
Gerry Hatcher (CMG, USGS) - ET
Brian Collins (Earth Surface Processes, USGS) - Terrestrial LIDAR
Mark Savoie (Kinnetics Laboratories, Inc.) - Boat captain
Moses Nayakik - Wainwright resident
Jim Allen Ahmaogak (Wainwright resident) - Polar Bear Watch
Location:
Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 71.5 | South: 70 | West: -161.75 | East: -154 |
Platform(s):
 ATV |  Boat |  on foot |
Erikson, L.H., Storlazzi, C.D., Collins, B.D., Hatcher, G.A., Reiss, T.E., and Engelstad, A.C., 2022, Hydrographic and sediment field data collected in the vicinity of Wainwright, Alaska, in 2009: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P94V9W0S.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTK GPS | --- | LIDAR Transects Benchmarks Profiles Navigation | |
| Nortek AWAC | --- | Wave Current | |
| microCat | --- | CTD | |
| AWAC | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | |
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | |
| LIDAR | --- | LIDAR | |
| hand auger | --- | Geology | |
| thermistor | --- | Temperature | |
| penetrometer | --- | Geology | |
| torvane | --- | Sediment Properties | Metadata |
