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Field Activity Details for field activity W0113PS

AKA: none

Other ID: W-01-13-PS

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Washington Deparment of Ecology, Washington Sea Grant

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum, Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jon Warrick

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetry and topographic data at the Elwha River delta

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Port Angeles,WA

End Port/Location: Port Angeles,WA

Start Date: 2013-03-04

End Date: 2013-03-08

Equipment Used: topographic equipment, GPS, samples, waverunners

Information to be Derived: Nearshore beach topography and bathymetry, sediment grainsize

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Jackson Currie, Melissa Foley, Joshua Logan, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Heather Baron (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Rebecca Sexton (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician
Ian Miller (Wash. State Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist
Kevin Simans (University of Washington) - Volunteer

Notes: Associated activities: L-01-13-PS S-04-13-PS

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS PCMSC) - Chief Scientist
Andrew Stevens (USGS PCMSC) - Oceanographer
Jackson Currie (USGS PCMSC) - Physical Scientist
Josh Logan (USGS PCMSC) - Geographer
Melissa Foley (USGS PCMSC) - Research Ecologist
Heather Baron (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Rebecca Sexton (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician
Ian Miller (Wash. State Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist
Kevin Simans (University of Washington) - Volunteer

Location:

Elwha River delta

Boundaries
North: 48.15085 South: 48.13724 West: -123.581 East: -123.53544

Platform(s):


Waverunners

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
topographic equipment --- Profiles
Transects
GPS --- Navigation
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-01-13-ps.060_sexton (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-01-13-ps.063_duke (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-01-13-ps.060_foley (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-01-13-ps.063_eddie (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-01-13-ps.060_stevens (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-01-13-ps.060_baron (Provisional best file)

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