1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2023-645-FA

Identifier 2023-645-FA
Alternate names Elwha 2023 summer survey
Purpose Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography on the Elwha River delta
Location Puget Sound
Summary Bathymetry and beach topography data collected successfully.
Info derived Nearshore Bathymetry, Beach Topography
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-623-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-640-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-638-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 Port Angeles, WA 2023-07-29
End Port Angeles, WA 2023-08-03
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -123.633
East -123.38360665
North 48.17624572
South 48.10493829
Marine operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jonathan Warrick
Crew members
Andrew Stevens
Scientist, Staff
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Andrew C Ritchie
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Transects, Single Beam, Sound Velocity, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
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)
Waverunners Navigation, Single Beam (no data reported)
YSI Sound velocity CTD CTD, Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity