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Field Activity Details for field activity W410WO

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-4-10-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: Navigation, 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: 2010-09-22

End Date: 2010-09-23

Equipment Used: waverunners

Information to be Derived: nearshore bathymetry, beach topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Guy Gelfenbaum

Affiliate Staff:
Heather Baron (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeremy Mull (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Justin Brodersen (Oregon State University) - Faculty Research Assistant
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - GPS Support

Notes: rawdata files at /rawdata/2010/W-4-10-WO/bath

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS PCMSC) - Cheif Scientist
Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State University) - Chief Scientist
George Kaminsky (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Chief Scientist
Heather Baron (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Jeremy Mull (Oregon State University) - Graduate Research Assistant
Justin Brodersen (Oregon State University) - Faculty Research Assistant
Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - GPS Support

Location:

Washington-Oregon

Boundaries
North: 46.30728 South: 46.26325 West: -124.104 East: -124.06973

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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