Field Activity 2024-307-FA

Identifier 2024-307-FA
Purpose Measure waves, currents and runup to improve Total Water Level forecasts.
Location Breton Island, LA
Info derived wave parameters, currents, water levels and runup
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-330-FA.
Projects
Platform
Other
Halimeda
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)
Ford Expedition Green
Itinerary
Start Breton Island, LA 2024-05-11
End Breton Island, LA 2024-05-21
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -89.26391602
East -88.99269104
North 29.5280603
South 29.36183017

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Jennifer A BrownMargaret L Palmsten
Crew members
Nancy T DeWitt
Scientist, Staff
David M Thompson
Scientist, Staff
Justin J Birchler
Scientist, Staff
Johnathan L Woodruff
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: Current, Wave, Video, Transects, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sofar Spotter buoy Meteorology, Pressure, Temperature, Wave (no data reported)
RBR Virtuoso pressure sensor Current, Depth, ORP, Turbidity, pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Conductivity, Tide, Wave, Pressure (no data reported)
Digital Video Video (no data reported)
GPS Backpack Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Pressure Logger Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity