Field Activity Y104SC

Identifier Y104SC
Alternate names Y-1-04-SC
Purpose Deploy Moorings 735-739.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Jingping Xu. Deployment data (tripod, instrumentmooring) of field activity Y-1-04-SC in Santa Clara River, Ventura Harbor boatyard from 01/17/2004 to 01/23/2004
Location Ventura Harbor boatyard
Summary This is a cruise for deploying 3 tripods and one surface mooring to measure potential hyperpycnal flow from Santa Clara river during flood.
Info derived Waves, currents, temperature, salinity, and sediment data will be collected for 3 to 4 months. Instruments will be recovered in May 2003.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Jingping Xu (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Joanne Ferreira (USGS Western Region) - Technician Dave Gonzales (USGS Western Region) - Electrical Technician Hal Williams (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician Kevin Orzech (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Projects
Platform
Yellowfin
Length: 76 feet; Beam: 24 feet.
Itinerary
Start Ventura Harbor, CA 2004-01-17
End Ventura Harbor, CA 2004-01-23
Bounds
West -119.278
East -119.27647
North 34.2392
South 34.22917
Activity Deployment

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jingping Xu
Crew members
Joanne C. T Ferreira
Scientist, Staff
Gonzales, Dave
Scientist, Staff
Orzech, Kevin
Scientist, Staff
Williams, Hal
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Jingping Xu
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
tripod Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
GPS Navigation 2
instrumentmooring Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Jingping Xu
Global positioning system (GPS) data GPS Provisional best file Jingping Xu

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity