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

Field Activity 2016-348-FA

Identifier 2016-348-FA
Alternate names 16CCT04
Purpose Set up platforms to sample sediment traps without causing disturbance to the traps. Deploy moorings to monitor hydrodynamics and sediment transport. Ground-truth a past QTC bottom type survey.
Location Grand Bay, Alabama
Summary All scientific and testing goals were achieved during this site visit.
Info derived Sediment dynamics in the Grand Bay estuarine-marsh system
Projects
Platform
Mako (SP)
17' Mako
Vehicles
Chevy Suburban Silver
Itinerary
Start St. Petersburg, Florida 2016-08-01
End St. Petersburg, Florida 2016-08-10
Bounds
West -88.4248
East -88.37534993
North 30.41587067
South 30.3557292

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Kathryn SmithChristopher G SmithNicole S Khan
Crew members
Paul R Nelson
Scientist, Staff
Chelsea A Stalk
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Chelsea A Stalk
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dan Nowacki, Neil Ganju (Woods Hole)

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Sampling
Data type: Experiments (biological), Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Grab Sampler Biology, Geology 11
Peat Corer Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
GrandBay_ValidationPeriod_ Wave_WaterLevel Grab Sampler Time series waves and water levels Robert L Jenkins
SL0_R0_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 0 and restoration alternative 0 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL0_R1_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 0 and restoration alternative 1 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL0_R2_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 0 and restoration alternative 2 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL1_R0_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 1 and restoration alternative 0 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL1_R1_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 1 and restoration alternative 1 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
SL1_R2_1thru18_SSC Grab Sampler Time varying, hourly, suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) in model domain for sea level condition 1 and restoration alternative 2 scenario as forced by 18 climatological wind and wave forcing conditions Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_AllBins_ CrossSectionFluxes Grab Sampler Time varying sediment fluxes across observational transects for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_AllBins_ FlowOutput Grab Sampler Time and space varying flow velocities vector components for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_AllBins_ WaveOutput Grab Sampler Time and space varying characteristic wave variables for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins
AllScenarios_Initial_ Final_BedLevels Grab Sampler Initial and final bed levels produced by model processes for two sea level condition and three restoration scenarios Robert L Jenkins

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity