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Field Activity Details for field activity WS811WA

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AKA: none

Other ID: W-S8-11-WA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Andrew Stevens

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect topographic data on the outer Washington Coast

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Long Beach, WA

End Port/Location: Long Beach, WA

Start Date: 2011-11-23

End Date: 2011-11-23

Equipment Used: topographic equipment

Information to be Derived: Beach Topography

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Heather Baron (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Diana McCandless (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Heather Baron (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Diana McCandless (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist
Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician

Location:

Washington

Boundaries
North: 46.44235207 South: 46.00267169 West: -124.3433 East: -123.56319754

Platform(s):

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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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
topographic equipment --- Profiles
Transects
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-s8-11-wa.062_mccandless (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-s8-11-wa.062_ranger (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-s8-11-wa.062_ryan (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-s8-11-wa.062_baron (Provisional best file)

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