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

Field Activity 2015-664-FA

Identifier 2015-664-FA
Purpose Monitor changes in sand distribution and movement in nearshore portions of the Santa Barbara littoral cell between Goleta and Mugu submarine canyon
Location Santa Barbara littoral cell
Summary Coastal profiles
Info derived Nearshore bathymetry and beach topography
Comments 9/4/2014; updated status to 'staff assigned'. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-661-FA
Projects
Platform
ATV
Waverunner 1 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Waverunner 2 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Vehicles
Chevy Malibu - G10-6707L
MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
MarFac; crewcab - G63-2147R
Jeep Liberty 4X4 - silver
Itinerary
Start Carpinteria, CA 2015-10-10
End Carpinteria, CA 2015-10-17
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -119.96
East -119.1151123
North 34.44400807
South 34.0827734
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Andrea O'NeillJackson E CurrieTimothy C ElfersGerald HatcherDaniel J HooverPatrick BarnardSean F VitousekAlexander G SnyderLiv M Herdman
Crew members
Andrea O'Neill
Scientist, Staff
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Hoover
Scientist, Staff
Amy Foxgrover
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Barnard
Scientist, Staff
Sean F Vitousek
Scientist, Staff
Patrick W Limber
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Daniel J Hoover
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Handheld GPS Nomad Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Radio (base) Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Radio (rover) Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Trimble R7 GPS receiver Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Trimble R7 GPS receiver 9 Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Echosounder-1 Single Beam (no data reported)
Echosounder-2 Single Beam (no data reported)
Echosounder-3 Single Beam (no data reported)
transducer 1 Single Beam (no data reported)
transducer 2 Single Beam (no data reported)
transducer 3 Single Beam (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity