Field Activity 2017-666-FA

Identifier 2017-666-FA
Purpose Collect bathymetric and topographic data from Oregon and Washington coasts.
Location Oregon and Washington Coast
Summary drones used to collect SfM and video
Info derived Beach Topography, Nearshore Bathymetry
Comments drones used; Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2014-631-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2015-647-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-663-FA
Projects
Platform
Waverunner 1 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Waverunner 2 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Vehicles
MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Itinerary
Start Astoria, OR 2017-08-07
End Ocean Shores, WA 2017-08-25
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -124.761
East -123.69384766
North 47.23448964
South 45.6927804

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Andrew StevensGuy R Gelfenbaum
Crew members
Timothy C Elfers
Scientist, Staff
Joshua Logan
Scientist, Staff
Shawn R Harrison
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Ruggiero (Oregon State) George Kaminsky (WA Dept. of Ecology)

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Video, Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects, Single Beam, Sound Velocity

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
video Video (no data reported)
camera Photo (no data reported)
Structure from Motion - crewed aircraft Photo (no data reported)
Radio (base) Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects 1
Radio (rover) Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) Benchmarks, 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 1
Echosounder-2 Single Beam (no data reported)
YSI Sound velocity CTD Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Beach topography of the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon, 2017 Radio (base) This portion of the USGS data release presents topography data collected during surveys performed in the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon, in 2017 (USGS Field Activity Number 2017-666-FA). Topographic profiles were collected by walking along survey lines with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks. Prior to data collection, vertical distances between the GNSS antennas and the ground were measured using a tape measure. Hand-held data collectors were used to log raw data and display navigational information allowing surveyors to navigate survey lines spaced at 100- to 1000-m intervals along the beach. Profiles were surveyed from the landward edge of the study area (either the base of a bluff, engineering structure, or just landward of the primary dune) over the beach foreshore, to wading depth on the same series of transects as nearshore bathymetric surveys that were conducted during the same time period. Additional topographic data were collected between survey lines in some areas with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) equipped with a GNSS receiver to constrain the elevations and alongshore extent of major morphological features. Andrew Stevens
Nearshore bathymetry of the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon, 2017 Echosounder-1 This portion of the USGS data release presents bathymetry data collected during surveys performed in the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon in 2017 (USGS Field Activity Number 2017-666-FA). Bathymetry data were collected using four personal watercraft (PWCs) equipped with single-beam sonar systems and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Andrew Stevens

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity

Images collected during this field activity, from the Imagery Data System

2277 images are associated with this activity.