Field Activity 2017-031-FA

Identifier 2017-031-FA
Purpose To quantify critical sediment transport parameters of diverse wetland complexes within 4 NCBN parks, Cape Cod NS, Fire Island NS, Gateway NRA and Assateague Island NS in order to inform management efforts. Suspended-sediment concentration data over tidal and seasonal timescales and will directly inform and improve the predications developed as part of the marsh modeling effort for these parks.
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location Jamaica Bay, NY and Great South Bay, NY
Summary Recon trip. No data collected.
Info derived Recon trip for site selection in Jamaica Bay, NY and Great South Bay, NY
Comments Recon trip. No data collected.
Projects
Platform
Small Power Boat Class A
Small Power Boat Class A
Itinerary
Start Jamaica Bay, NY 2017-05-09
End Great South Bay, NY 2017-05-11
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -73.96957397
East -72.77356296
North 40.79548801
South 40.53227989

Personnel

Organization Equipment or personnel support provided by
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Neil Kamal Ganju
Crew members
Neil Kamal Ganju
Scientist, Staff
Steven E Suttles
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Steven E Suttles
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS - Handheld Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity