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Field Activity Details for field activity W0611WO

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-06-11-WO

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Washington Deparment of Ecology, Oregon State University

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum

Affiliate Investigator(s): George Kaminsky (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology)

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore bathymetric data, topographic profiles, and sediment samples on the outer Washington Coast

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Long Beach, WA

End Port/Location: Long Beach, WA

Start Date: 2011-08-14

End Date: 2011-08-20

Equipment Used: waverunners

Information to be Derived: beach topography, nearshore bathymetry, sediment samples

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Heather Baron (Oregon State University) - Faculty Research Assistant
Sarah Kassem (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Diana DiLeonardo (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Diana McCandless (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician
Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician

Notes: rawdata exists on squid/rawdata/2011.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
George Kaminsky (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Chief Scientist
Heather Baron (Oregon State University) - Faculty Research Assistant
Sarah Kassem (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Diana DiLeonardo (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Andrew Stevens (USGS PCMSC) - Oceanographer
Diana McCandless (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician
Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician

Location:

Washington-Oregon

Boundaries
North: 46.29659 South: 46.2632 West: -124.103 East: -124.07731

Platform(s):


Waverunners

Publications

Stevens, A.W., Gelfenbaum, G., Ruggiero, P., and Kaminsky, G.M, 2012, Southwest Washington littoral drift restorationâBeach and nearshore morphological monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012â1175, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1175/.

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