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Field Activity Details for field activity W110WO

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-1-10-WO

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Beach erosion monitoring on the outer Washington coast (MU020)

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum, Peter Ruggiero

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

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

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

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

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Long Beach, WA

End Port/Location: Long Beach, WA

Start Date: 2010-07-10

End Date: 2010-07-12

Equipment Used: bathymetry, topographic equipment

Information to be Derived: nearshore bathymetry, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Heater Baron (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Erica Harris (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Justin Broderson (Oregon State University) - Technician
Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician
Margot Mansfield (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician

Notes: Data on FAD; 2010/W-1-10-WO/bath

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS) - Chief Scientist
Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State University) - Chief Scientist
George Kaminsky (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Chief Scientist
Heater Baron (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Erica Harris (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Justin Broderson (Oregon State University) - Technician
Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician
Margot Mansfield (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician
Andrew Stevens (USGS) - Technician

Location:

Southwest Washington

Boundaries
North: 46.30735 South: 46.26414 West: -124.103 East: -124.07418

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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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
bathymetry --- Single Beam
topographic equipment --- Profiles
Transects
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_schwartz (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_roses (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_black (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_dunster (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_guns (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_mansfield (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-1-10-wo.061_ranger (Provisional best file)

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