Field Activity TD108MB

Identifier TD108MB
Alternate names T-D1-08-MB,BIOSPACE
Purpose Understand the influence of oceanographic processes on inner shelf sediment mobility during the upwelling season
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Curt Storlazzi. Tripod Deployment data (ADCP, ADP, OBS sensor, CT sensor, LISST sensor, HD video camera system) of field activity T-D1-08-MB in northeastern Monterey Bay from 05/30/2008 to 07/28/2008
Location northeastern Monterey Bay
Info derived Tides, waves, currents, temperature, salinity, optical backscatter, acoustic backscatter, grain size, and seafloor imagery.
Comments planned; 1-2 days; deployment of tripod. Associated with the NRL BIOSPACE 2008 program. Associated with field activity t-r1-08-mb.Associated with field activity s-5-08-mb. Additional NRL BIOSPACE info: Kindle, J., 2007, BIOSPACE - bio-optical stdies of predictability and assimilation for the coastal environment, FY2008-2012: Rutgers University Coastal Ocean Observation Lab Scientific Presentations, New Brunswick, NJ, 2007. Leonard, N.E., 2005, Adaptive sampling and preditction (ASAP): ASAP October Planning Meeting, Princeton, NJ, 2005. Shulman, I., Rowley, C., Anderson, S., amd Lindle, J, 2006, NRL modeling during ONR Monterey Bay 2006 experiment: ASAP Hot Wash Meeting, Stanford Sierra Camp, CA, 2006. Staff information imported from InfoBank Curt Storlazzi - Chief Scientist Josh Logan - Geographer Kathy Presto - Oceanographer
Projects
Platform
Point Sur
Length 135 feet.
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing harbor 2008-05-30
End Moss Landing harbor 2008-07-28
Bounds
West -121.913
East -121.911
North 36.945
South 36.944
Activity Tripod Deployment

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Curt Storlazzi
Crew members
Joshua Logan
Scientist, Staff
Presto, Kathy
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Joshua Logan
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation
Data type: Conductivity, Current, Temperature, Turbidity, Video, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ADCP Current (no data reported)
ADP Current (no data reported)
OBS sensor Turbidity (no data reported)
CT sensor Conductivity, Temperature (no data reported)
LISST Turbidity (no data reported)
HD video camera system Video (no data reported)
GPS Navigation 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Joshua Logan
Global positioning system (GPS) data t-d1-08-mb.060 GPS Provisional best file Joshua Logan

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity