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

Field Activity W508SF

Identifier W508SF
Alternate names W-5-08-SF
Purpose Monitor changes in beach sand volume, distribution around Crissy Marsh inlet
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Geodetic, bathymetric data of field activity W-5-08-SF in Crissy Field, San Francisco, CA from 10/30/2008 to 10/30/2008
Location CA
Summary Walking GPS survey and Beachball camera survey of Crissy Field beach. Waverunner survey of nearshore bathymetry
Info derived Beach elevation, nearshore bathymetry, beach sand grain size
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Patrick Barnard Dan Hanes Dan Hoover Jeff Hansen Kate Dallas
Projects
Platform
Waverunners
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2008-10-30
End (port not specified) 2008-10-30
Bounds
West -123.25
East -121.75
North 38.25
South 37.25
Activity Geodetic, bathymetric

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Crew members
Daniel J Hoover
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Barnard
Scientist, Staff
Dallas, Kate
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Daniel J Hoover
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Dan Hanes,Jeff Hansen

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Profiles, Transects, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
RTK GPS BACKPACK SYSTEM. Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
waverunners Navigation, Single Beam (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity