Field Activity ID110SF

Identifier ID110SF
Alternate names I-D1-10-SF
Purpose Investigate wave attenuation across mudflats and marsh.
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Jessie Lacy. Oceanographic deployment data of field activity I-D1-10-SF in San Francisco Bay, near Corte Madera from 01/22/2010 to 03/22/2010
Location near Corte Madera
Summary Oceanographic instruments will be deployed in a cross-shore transect to measure wave heights and propagation direction.
Info derived Wave heights, periods, and directions, current speed and direction, tidal stage, salinity, bed sediment grain size.
Comments Wave attenuation. associated activitiy: mapping of Corte Madera Bay by Jaffe, Finlayson, Kayen and others in January 2009.
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Itinerary
Start Helmuts marine, Richmond CA 2010-01-22
End Helmuts marine, Richmond CA 2010-03-22
Bounds
West -122.506
East -122.46228
North 37.93198
South 37.92767
Activity Oceanographic deployment

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jessica R Lacy
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Joanne C. T Ferreira
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 2
instrumentmooring Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
tripod Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
samples Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Joanne C. T Ferreira
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-d1-10-sf.060 GPS Provisional best file Joanne C. T Ferreira
Station Information instrumentmooring Joanne C. T Ferreira
Station Information tripod Joanne C. T Ferreira

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity