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Field Activity Details for field activity W210WO

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-2-10-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):

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: 2010-08-07

End Date: 2010-08-14

Equipment Used: topographic equipment, bathymetry

Information to be Derived: nearshore bathymetry, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joshua Logan, Andrew Stevens

Affiliate Staff:
Erica Harris (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Katie Serafin (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeremy Mull (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician
Brant Lyse (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician

Notes: rawdata files at /rawdata/2010/W-2-10-WO/bath

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State University) - Chief Scientist
Erica Harris (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Katie Serafin (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeremy Mull (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician
Brant Lyse (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Technician
Andrew Stevens (USGS) - Oceanographer
Josh Logan (USGS) - Physical Scientist

Location:

Washington-Oregon

Boundaries
North: 46.55978 South: 46.26324 West: -124.103 East: -124.063

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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