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Field Activity Details for field activity W506PS

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-5-06-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): Guy Gelfenbaum, Jonathan Warrick

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jon Warrick

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect bathymetric and topographic data on the Elwha River delta

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Start Date: 2006-09-17

End Date: 2006-09-19

Equipment Used: RTK-GPS, waverunners

Information to be Derived: Beach topography and nearshore bathymetry

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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Location:

Puget Sound

Boundaries
North: 48.1572 South: 48.13517 West: -123.589 East: -123.52007

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 --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-5-06-ps.061_bath (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-5-06-ps.061_topo (Provisional best file)
waverunners --- Navigation
Single Beam
ew06_septb_b.kml
ew06_septb_b.kmz
ew06_septb_t.kml
ew06_septb_t.kmz
legend.kml
legend.kmz

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