Field Activity 2021-621-FA

Identifier 2021-621-FA
Also known as Columbia River sand waves
Purpose Collect grain size, bathymetry, and current data over bed form fields in the Columbia River
Location Columbia River
Info derived Digital grain size, bathymetry, current velocity
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Vehicles
MarFac; Ford F350 MT use only; pickup - white; G43-2784H
MarFac; Mac Semi G82-0099N
Itinerary
Start Kalama, WA 2021-06-05
End Kalama, WA 2021-06-10
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -124.19840275
East -122.40948326
North 46.50897898
South 45.47399952

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Andrew Stevens
Crew members
Gerald Hatcher
Scientist, Staff
Peter Dal Ferro
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Current, Photo, Geology, Interferometric

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ADCP - 600 kHz Current, Wave 1
Eyeball Photo 4
Ponar grab sampler Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
SWATH plus-M Interferometric 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data ADCP - 600 kHz This dataset contains water velocity data derived from spatial surveys performed with a vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler at four sites (SKM, SLG, LDB, WLW) in the lower Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, in 2021. The data are provided in netCDF (.nc) format and compressed into .zip archives for each site. Andrew Stevens
In situ seafloor images Eyeball In situ seafloor images were acquired at four sites (SKM, SLG, LDB, WLW) in the lower Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, with an underwater camera system between June 5 and June 8, 2021. Gerald Hatcher
Surface sediment grain diameter measurements from point counts of in situ seafloor images Eyeball This dataset contains surface sediment grain diameter measurements from in situ seafloor images collected in the lower Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, in 2021. Gerald Hatcher
Surface sediment grain size distributions derived from in situ seafloor images Eyeball This dataset contains surface sediment grain size distributions derived from automated image processing of in situ seafloor images obtained with an underwater camera system at four sites (SKM, SLG, LDB, WLW) in the lower Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, in 2021. Andrew Stevens
Surface sediment grain size distributions derived from manual point counts of in situ seafloor images Eyeball This dataset contains surface sediment grain size distributions derived from manual point counts of in situ seafloor images obtained with an underwater camera system. Andrew Stevens
Bathymetry and seafloor acoustic backscatter of mobile subaqueous sand dunes SWATH plus-M Bathymetry and seafloor acoustic backscatter data were collected at four sites (SKM, SLG, LDB, WLW) using a SWATHPlus interferometric sonar (234 kHz) pole mounted to the R/V Parke Snavely. Peter Dartnell

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity