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

Field Activity T0113CA

Identifier T0113CA
Alternate names T-01-13-CA
Purpose Beach topographic sampling comparison between Mobile LIDAR, ATV and Walking Survey methods.
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Gerry Hatcher. Geodetic data of field activity T-01-13-CA in Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA from 12/11/2013 to 12/11/2013
Location CA
Info derived We will collect beach and surfzone topography using three different methods to compare and contrast results, strenghts, and shortcomings of each system.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Jackson Currie David Finlayson Gerry Hatcher Josh Logan Andrew Stevens
Platform
ATV
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA 2013-12-11
End Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA 2013-12-11
Bounds
West -122.62
East -122.4
North 37.85944
South 37.522
Activity Geodetic

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Gerald Hatcher
Crew members
Andrew Stevens
Scientist, Staff
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Gerald Hatcher
Scientist, Staff
Joshua Logan
Scientist, Staff
David P Finlayson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information
Gerald Hatcher
Specialist, Information
Joshua Logan
Specialist, Information
Daniel J Hoover
Specialist, Information
David P Finlayson
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: LIDAR, Profiles, Transects

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
topographic equipment Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Lidar LIDAR (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity