Field Activity 2022-637-FA

Identifier 2022-637-FA
Alternate names Alaska GNSS-A survey
Purpose Deploy a waveglider to measure location of 3 GNSS-A sites offshore Sand Point and Chignik Alaska
Location Sand Point, AK
Summary SV-3 waveglider was deployed from the R/V Gyre on 6/27/22. Deployment location was about a 3 hour transit from Seward- we left the dock around 1pm and returned to the dock around 8pm after successful deployment. Deployment required 7 people total (including the captain).
Info derived Detailed location of seafloor benchmarks to understand post-seismic motions
Projects
Platform
Alaskan Gyre
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Seward, AK 2022-06-27
End Seward, AK 2022-06-30
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -165.322327
East -152.08006125
North 58.24787117
South 52.57189984
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
USGS, Earthquake Hazards
, CA
Organization
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca
La Jolla, CA
Principal investigators Janet Tilden WattRachel K Marcuson
Crew members
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Janet Tilden Watt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ben Brooks, Todd Ericksen, Peter Haeussler (USGS); David Price, Joel White, and Cynthia Matzke (Scripps)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Benchmarks

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GNSS-A Benchmarks (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity