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

Field Activity IR309MB

Identifier IR309MB
Alternate names I-R3-09-MB
Purpose Collect oceanographic data to understand influence of dredge disposal on nearshore ecosystems
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Curt Storlazzi. Oceanographic instrument deployment data of field activity I-R3-09-MB in Monterey Bay from 12/21/2009 to 12/21/2009
Location Monterey Bay
Info derived current speed, current direction, acoustic backscatter, wave height, wave period, wave direction, tidal height, optical backscatter, sediment grain size, temperature, salinity
Comments Recovery of SedTrap10m_Mooring and SedTrap15m_Mooring, and TopHat09 Deployment on I-D3-09-MB; 10/19/2009
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Itinerary
Start Santa Cruz Harbor 2009-12-21
End Santa Cruz Harbor 2009-12-21
Bounds
West -122.004
East -122.00307
North 36.93842
South 36.92373
Activity oceanographic instrument deployment

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Curt Storlazzi
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Joshua Logan
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 2
tripod Mooring (physical oceanography) 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Joshua Logan
Global positioning system (GPS) data i-r3-09-mb.060 GPS Provisional best file Joshua Logan
Station Information tripod Joshua Logan

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity