Measure tidal flat and subtidal morphology. Collect baseline data set for change detection.
Description
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Bruce Jaffe. Geophysical Survey data of field activity S-16-08-SF in South San Francisco Bay, CA from 12/08/2008 to 12/12/2008
Location
CA
Info derived
Bathymetry and backscatter data
Comments
This effort is part of a multi-disciplinary GD/BRD/WRD study entitled, Effects of regional wetland restoration on mud flats of the South San Francisco Bay: avian ecology, food webs, and sediment supply files on /imgarc3/S-16-08-SF
Staff information imported from InfoBank
David Finlayson
Jamie Conrad
Mike Boyle
Rob Wyland
Tom Reiss
Bathymetric survey data were collected in December 2008 just south of Dumbarton Bridge in south San Francisco Bay, California. Portions of the main channel and western shallows/intertidal mudflats were surveyed using an interferometric sidescan sonar system following procedures detailed in Foxgrover and others, 2011. The bathymetry is provided as a 1-m resolution raster in geoTIFF format, referenced to the vertical datum of mean lower low water (MLLW). To convert to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), subtract a static offset of 0.37 m (datum conversions provided in Foxgrover and others, 2007).
