Field Activity SV109CA

Identifier SV109CA
Alternate names S-V1-09-CA
Purpose Monitor changes in sand distribution and movement in nearshore portions of the Santa Barbara littoral cell between Goleta and Mugu submarine canyon
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Patrick Barnard. Nearshore bathymetry surveys, beach elevation surveys, beach sand grain size, surveys data of field activity S-V1-09-CA in Santa Barbara, CA from 10/13/2009 to 10/20/2009
Location CA
Summary ATV- and PWC-mounted GPS surveys of beaches and nearshore waters in the Santa Barbara littoral cell. Beach sand grain size measurements using ÔøΩbeachballÔøΩ camera
Info derived Beach elevation and shoreline position, nearshore bathymetry, beach sand grain size
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Patrick Barnard Tom Reiss George Tate Jackson Currie Li Erikson Randy Russell Dan Hoover Jeff Hansen Kate Dallas
Projects
Platform
Waverunners
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2009-10-13
End (port not specified) 2009-10-20
Bounds
West -119.95
East -119
North 34.55
South 34
Activity Nearshore bathymetry surveys, beach elevation surveys, beach sand grain size

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Patrick Barnard
Crew members
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Randy Russell
Scientist, Staff
George B Tate
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Hoover
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Barnard
Scientist, Staff
Li Erikson
Scientist, Staff
Thomas E Reiss
Scientist, Staff
Dallas, Kate
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Daniel J Hoover
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Jeff Hansen

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Profiles, Transects, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
waverunners Navigation, Single Beam (no data reported)
ATV Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity