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

Field Activity 2026-301-FA

Identifier 2026-301-FA
Alternate names 26CCT01, 26CCT02, 26CCT03, 26CCT04
Purpose These trips will be training and collaborating with the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GNDNERR) staff on how to deploy and collect net sediment tiles (NST), shoreline positions, and deploy and retrieve sensors (RBRs). Plan is to use GBNERR staff and vessel on every trip with minimal USGS staffing. This is the third study in a series that will evaluate the impact of a living shoreline on shoreline erosion and sediment transport.
Location Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi, United States, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico)
Info derived Sediment deposition, bulk density, loss on ignition, grain size, shoreline positions and elevations, water level and waves.
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-316-FA.
Projects
Related activities
2025-316-FA: Project
Platform
Other
Vehicles
Unknown
Itinerary
Start Saint Petersburg, FL 2026-01-01
End Moss Point, MS 2026-12-31
Days in the field 12
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2026-03-02 2026-03-06 Initial site visit, alternate FAN 26CCT01.
2026-06-01 2026-06-05 Second site visit, alternate FAN 26CCT02.
2026-09-01 2026-09-04 Third site visit, alternate FAN 26CCT03.
2026-12-01 2026-12-04 Fourth site visit, alternate FAN 26CCT04.
Bounds
West -88.49138541
East -88.34381104
North 30.44181901
South 30.20923467
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Kathryn Smith
Crew members
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
Kathryn Smith
Scientist, Staff
Maxwell O Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kathryn Smith
Specialist, Information
Priscilla E Plange
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jonathan Pitchford (Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve)
Affiliate staff Mike Archer (Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Pressure Logger Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Geology, Biology, Chemistry (no data reported)
Net Sedimentation Tile Geology (no data reported)
Garmin GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Profiles, Transects, Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation (no data reported)
Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Positioning Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity