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Field Activity Details for field activity Y104SC

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AKA: none

Other ID: Y-1-04-SC

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Santa Clara River Project (MU252)

Principal Investigator(s): Jingping Xu

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Jingping Xu

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy Moorings 735-739.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ventura Harbor, CA

End Port/Location: Ventura Harbor, CA

Start Date: 2004-01-17

End Date: 2004-01-23

Equipment Used: tripod, GPS, instrumentmooring

Information to be Derived: Waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and sediment data will be collected for 3 to 4 months. Instruments will be recovered in May 2003.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: This is a cruise for deploying 3 tripods and one surface mooring to measure potential hyperpycnal flow from Santa Clara river during flood.

Staff: Dave Gonzales, Kevin Orzech, Hal Williams, Joanne C. Ferreira

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jingping Xu (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Technician
Dave Gonzales (USGS Western Region) - Electrical Technician
Hal Williams (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Kevin Orzech (USGS Western Region) - Geologist

Location:

Ventura Harbor boatyard

Boundaries
North: 34.2392 South: 34.22917 West: -119.278 East: -119.27647

Platform(s):

photo of Yellowfin
Yellowfin

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
tripod --- Mooring (physical oceanography)
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data (Provisional best file)
instrumentmooring --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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