Field Activity L610AK

Identifier L610AK
Alternate names L-6-10-AK
Purpose To obtain baseline measurements and support research contributing to hind-cast and projected Arctic bluff retreat and inundation of sensitive lagoon habitats in response to a changing climate on the North Slope of Alaska.
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientists: Li Erikson, Bruce Richmond. Nearshore bathymetry, topography, and water level acquisition; Coastal bluff, and beach soil/sediment sampling, temperature measurements. data of field activity L-6-10-AK in North slope of Alaska: Barter Island, Flaxman Island from 08/24/2010 to 08/31/2010
Location Flaxman Island
Info derived Grain size, water/ice content
Projects
Itinerary
Start Barter Island, Alaska 2010-08-24
End Barter Island, Alaska 2010-08-31
Bounds
West -179.75
East -125.25
North 74.75
South 45.25
Activity soil/sediment sampling, temperature measurements.

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Bruce M RichmondLi Erikson
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Ann E Gibbs
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Single Beam, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ashtech Z-Xtreme GPS Navigation 1
Humminbird Sidescan, Single Beam 1
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
sediment grab sampler Geology (no data reported)

Datasets


Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Beach profile data collected in 2010 and 2011 in the vicinity of Arey Lagoon and Barter Island, Alaska Ashtech Z-Xtreme GPS Beach elevation profiles were measured along 29 shore-normal transects on and around Arey and Barter Islands, Alaska in August 2010 and July 2011. Profile data are available in a single comma-delimited file and a zip file including multiple .jpg images that show a visual representation of the individual profiles. Li Erikson
Single-beam bathymetry data collected in 2010 and 2011 in the vicinity of Arey Lagoon and Barter Islands, Alaska Humminbird Single-beam bathymetry data were collected in 2010 and 2011 in the nearshore waters around Barter Island, Arey Island, and within Arey Lagoon, Alaska. Measurements were made from a small boat or dinghy using one of three systems: a Humminbird 898 SI Fish Finder with integrated GPS (2010 and 2011), an Ohmex Sonarmite BT integrated with a Trimble GeoHX series GPS (2011), or a Garmin Sounder with integrated GPS (2011). Each system collected single-beam water depth with accuracies better than 4 meters (m) horizontal and 25 centimeters (cm) vertical. Li Erikson

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity