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

Field Activity 2023-644-FA

Identifier 2023-644-FA
Alternate names CRLC 2023
Purpose Collect nearshore bathymetry and beach topography in the Columbia River littoral cell.
Location Columbia River Littoral Cell
Summary Bathymetry data successfully collected.
Info derived Beach Topography, Nearshore Bathymetry
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2020-622-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-632-FA Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2022-641-FA.
Projects
Platform
Waverunner 1 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Waverunner 2 (SC)
Personal Water Craft
Vehicles
MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L
Itinerary
Start Astoria, OR 2023-08-12
End Ocean Shores, WA 2023-08-29
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -124.59594727
East -123.76098633
North 47.13742465
South 45.99696162

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Andrew Stevens
Crew members
Andrew Stevens
Scientist, Staff
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Timothy C Elfers
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Ruggiero (OSU) George Kaminsky (WA DOE)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar, Environmental Data
Data type: Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Single Beam, CTD

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Radio (base) Benchmarks, LIDAR, Navigation, Profiles, Transects (no data reported)
Trimble R7 GPS (AS) Benchmarks, Navigation, Profiles, Transects 1
Waverunners Navigation, Single Beam 1
YSI Sound velocity CTD CTD, Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Beach topography of the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon, 2023 Trimble R7 GPS (AS) This portion of the USGS data release presents topography data collected during surveys performed in the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon, in 2023 Andrew Stevens
Nearshore bathymetry of the Columbia River littoral cell, Washington and Oregon, 2023 Waverunners This portion of the USGS data release presents bathymetry data collected during surveys performed in the Columbia River littoral cell and mouth of the Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, in 2023 Andrew Stevens