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Field Activity Details for field activity W205PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-2-05-PS

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound (ZP00AZZ)

Principal Investigator(s):

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jodi Eshleman

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect nearshore bathymetry prior to dam removal using a third generation coastal profiling system.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: PT ANGELES, WA

End Port/Location: PT ANGELES, WA

Start Date: 2005-08-29

End Date: 2005-09-01

Equipment Used: RTK GPS BACKPACK SYSTEM., waverunners

Information to be Derived: Nearshore bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 101 lines of bathymetry and 74 lines of topography from approximately 10 M water depth to the beach, perpendicular to shoreline.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Washington

Boundaries
North: 48.15662 South: 48.13195 West: -123.636 East: -123.42417

Platform(s):


Waverunners

Publications

Warrick, J.A., George, D.A., Stevens, A.W., Eshleman, J., Gelfenbaum, G., Kaminsky, G.M., Schwartz, A.K., and Bierne, M., 2010, Beach morphology monitoring in the Elwha River littoral cell, 2004-2009: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 288, 64 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/288/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
RTK GPS BACKPACK SYSTEM. --- Navigation
Profiles
Transects
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
KML ew05_septb_t.kml
KMZ ew05_septb_t.kmz
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-05-ps.061_topo (Provisional best file)
waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
KML ew05_septb_b.kml
KMZ ew05_septb_b.kmz
KML legend.kml
KMZ legend.kmz
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-05-ps.061_bath (Provisional best file)

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