1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2021-601-FA

Identifier 2021-601-FA
Purpose Sediment-transport studies related to coastal habitats in Bellingham Bay
Location Bellingham Bay, Washington
Summary Deployed three moorings in Bellingham Bay and collected water samples for SSC.
Info derived Time-series of currents, waves, and water-quality parameters
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-638-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2019-653-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-605-FA
Projects
Platform
Small Power Boat Class A
Small Power Boat Class A
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Bellingham, WA 2021-01-11
End Bellingham, WA 2021-02-15
Days in the field 6
Bounds
West -122.7
East -122.45
North 48.8
South 48.65

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Daniel J Nowacki
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Daniel J Nowacki
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
instrumentmooring Mooring (physical oceanography) 2

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Suspended-sediment concentrations from water samples collected in Bellingham Bay, Washington, USA, 2019 to 2021 instrumentmooring Water samples were collected in Bellingham Bay, Washington, USA on 14 days from July 30, 2019, to April 15, 2021. The water samples were collected from a small vessel near pre-established USGS instrument moorings using a van Dorn water sampler. These data were collected to support studies of sediment delivery, transport, deposition, and resuspension in this Pacific Northwest estuarine embayment. Daniel J Nowacki
Oceanographic time-series measurements collected in Bellingham Bay, Washington, USA, 2019 to 2021 instrumentmooring Bottom-landing and floating platforms with instrumentation to measure currents, waves, water level, optical turbidity, water temperature, and conductivity were deployed at four locations in Bellingham Bay, Washington, USA. Platforms were deployed in three separate periods: July 30, 2019-November 14, 2019, November 19, 2019-February 5, 2020, and January 22, 2021-April 13, 2021. These data were collected to support studies of sediment delivery, transport, deposition, and resuspension in this Pacific Northwest estuarine embayment. Daniel J Nowacki

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity