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

Field Activity 2025-625-FA

Identifier 2025-625-FA
Alternate names SC Harbor ADCP
Purpose Deploy an acoustic Doppler current profiler to monitor currents and water levels in the harbor to measure the effects of large events (tsunamis and large wave events) on the coast and any potential flooding or damage to infrastructure caused by such events
Location Santa Cruz Harbor
Summary ADCP deployed in harbor, data syncing to s3 bucket and FAD.
Info derived water current profiles, sea water level, sea water temperature
Projects
Platform
R/V Jewell
2018 Pacific Boats, Length: 23 ft, Beam: 8.6 ft, Draft: 1 meter
Itinerary
Start Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, CA 2025-04-10
End Santa Cruz Harbor, Santa Cruz, CA 2026-04-10
Bounds
West -122.00411797
East -121.99995518
North 36.96480921
South 36.96038573
Marine operations Yes
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Kurt RosenbergerStephanie L RossEric L Geist
Crew members
Timothy C Elfers
Scientist, Staff
Gerald Hatcher
Scientist, Staff
Peter Dal Ferro
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kurt Rosenberger
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Patrick Lynett, USC; Nicholas Graehl, CA Department of Conservation; Jason Patton, CA Department of Conservation

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
totalstation Navigation (no data reported)
ADCP - RDInstruments - 1200 kHz Current, Wave, Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity