Field Activity 2017-622-FA

Identifier 2017-622-FA
Purpose Examine hydrodynamics and sediment transport affecting marsh restoration, eelgrass, and flood hazards to NNWR
Location Nisqually River Delta
Summary This is a very quick site visit to gather WSE elevation data. Will elaborate on nature of continuous data being collected by USGS WAWSC ASAP.
Info derived Instrument and Water Surface Elevations
Projects
Platform
Other
Itinerary
Start luhr Beach, Nisqually, WA 2017-03-06
End luhr Beach, Nisqually, WA 2017-03-07
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -122.74681091
East -122.67237244
North 47.11984766
South 47.06118435

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Eric Grossman
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Eric Grossman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Chris Curran, USGS-WAWSC

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation
Data type: Current, Benchmarks, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ADV Current 1
Trimble R7 GPS receiver (EG) Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
water_data ADV Water time series data from McAllister and Nisqually rivers, collected with acoustic doppler velocity meters. Eric Grossman
GPS Trimble R7 GPS receiver (EG) GPS horizontal and vertical position data were collected on the Nisqually River, McAllister Creek and Nisqually River Delta to survey in water surface, instrumentation and delta structures. Eric Grossman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity