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Field Activity Details for field activity W206HW

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-2-06-HW

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Coral Reef Project (MU069)

Principal Investigator(s): Eric Grossman

Affiliate Investigator(s): Adina Paytan (Chief Scientist, Stanford University) - Co

Information Specialist(s): Joshua Logan

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map and measure groundwater flux through coastal zone using CTD mapping, Ra isotope and nutrient analyses; deploy instrumentation to measure nearshore circulation

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Honokohau Harbor, Kailua-Kona, HI

End Port/Location: Honokohau Harbor, Kailua-Kona, HI

Start Date: 2006-04-03

End Date: 2006-04-10

Equipment Used: navigation, waterbucket, instrumentmooring

Information to be Derived: Temperature, salinity, turbidity, photosynthetic available radiation, dissolved oxygen, Chlorophyll, nearshore current velocities, wave heights, Ra activities and nutrient concentrations

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Eric Grossman, Kathy Presto, Curt Storlazzi

Affiliate Staff:
Karen Knee (Stanford University) - Scientist
Rebecca Most (NPS) - Physical Scientist
Sallie Beavers (NPS) - Scientist

Notes: This is related to a recovery of instruments deployed under W-1-06-HW. Data exists on Makai/ots/Hawaii/Hawaii

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Eric Grossman - chief scientist
Curt Storlazzi - scientist
Josh Logan (USGS) - Information Specialist
Kathy Presto (USGS) - Physical Scientist
Adina Paytan (Chief Scientist, Stanford University) - Co
Karen Knee (Stanford University) - Scientist
Rebecca Most (NPS) - Physical Scientist
Sallie Beavers (NPS) - Scientist

Location:

Hawaii

Boundaries
North: 19.6873 South: 19.6693 West: -156.033 East: -156.0196

Platform(s):

photo of NPS Whaler
NPS Whaler

Publications

Knee, K.L., Street, J.H, Grossman, E.E., Boehm, A.B. and Paytan, A., 2010, Nutrient inputs to the coastal ocean from submarine groundwater discharge in a groundwater-dominated system: Relation to land use (Kona coast, Hawaii, U.S.A.): Limnology and Oceanography, v. 55 no. 3, pp. 1105–1122, doi: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.3.1105.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-06-hw.060
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-2-06-hw.061 (Provisional best file)
waterbucket --- Chemistry
Station Information
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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