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

Field Activity 2026-629-FA

Identifier 2026-629-FA
Alternate names CRLC 2026
Purpose Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography in the Columbia River littoral cell.
Location Columbia River Littoral Cell
Info derived Beach Topography, Nearshore Bathymetry
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2023-644-FA. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2024-639-FA. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2025-637-FA.
Projects
Platform
Waverunner 1 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Waverunner 2 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Vehicles
MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Itinerary
Start Astoria, OR 2026-07-25
End Ocean Shores, WA 2026-08-02
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -124.59594727
East -123.76098633
North 47.13742465
South 45.99696162
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Andrew Stevens
Crew members
Andrew Stevens
Scientist, Staff
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Timothy C Elfers
Scientist, Staff
McGill, Samantha
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Ruggiero (OSU) George Kaminsky (WA DOE)

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: CTD, Single Beam, Profiles, Navigation, Benchmarks

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
YSI Sound velocity CTD CTD, Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Waverunners Navigation, Single Beam (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Structure from Motion - UAS Navigation, LIDAR, Photo (no data reported)
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Radio (base) Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity