| Identifier | W0312PS | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | W-03-12-PS | ||||||||
| Purpose | Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta | ||||||||
| Description | United States Geological Survey,Washington State Department of Ecology. Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta data of field activity W-03-12-PS in Puget Sound, WA from 05/18/2012 to 05/20/2012 | ||||||||
| Location | WA | ||||||||
| Info derived | nearshore bathymetry; beach topography | ||||||||
| Comments | data files exist at: /rawdata1/2012/W-03-12-PS/bath/ew12_may_guns /rawdata1/2012/W-03-12-PS/bath/ew12_may_roses /rawdata1/2012/W-03-12-PS/topo Staff information imported from InfoBank Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS PCMSC) - Chief Scientist Andrew Stevens (USGS PCMSC) - Oceanographer Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Faculty Research Assistant Heather Baron (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist Rebecca Sexton (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician Ian Miller (Wash. State Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist Brittany Johnson (San Jose State University) - Volunteer | ||||||||
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| Activity | Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta |
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2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
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Washington Deparment of Ecology(WA DOE)
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| Principal investigators | Guy R Gelfenbaum | ||
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| Affiliate staff | Jeff Wood (Oregon State University) - Faculty Research Assistant,Heather Baron (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist,Rebecca Sexton (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician,Ian Miller (Wash. State Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist,Brittany Johnson (San Jose State University) - Volunteer |
| Data category: | Location-Elevation, Sonar |
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| Data type: | Navigation, Transects, Single Beam |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| topographic equipment | Profiles, Transects | 1 | |
| waverunners | Navigation, Single Beam | 11 |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2012 | topographic equipment | This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in May 2012. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks. | Andrew Stevens |
| Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format | waverunners | Andrew Stevens | |
| Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2012 | waverunners | This part of the data release presents a digital elevation model (DEM) derived from bathymetry and topography data of the Elwha River delta collected in May 2012. Two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA trapped over 20 million m3 of sediment, reducing downstream sediment fluxes and contributing to erosion of the river's coastal delta. The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams between 2011 and 2014 induced massive increases in river sediment supply and provided an unprecedented opportunity to examine the response of a delta system to changes in sediment supply. The U.S. Geological Survey developed an integrated research program aimed at understanding the ecosystem responses following dam removal that included regular monitoring of coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography. As part of this monitoring program, the USGS conducted a bathymetric and topographic survey in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Elwha River delta, Washington (USGS Field Activity Number W-03-12-PS). Bathymetry data were collected using two personal watercraft (PWCs), each equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Topography data were collected on foot with GNSS receivers mounted on backpacks. DEM surfaces were produced from all available elevation data using linear interpolation. | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_baron | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_gelfenbaum | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_guns | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_johnson | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_markos | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_roses | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_sexton | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Global positioning system (GPS) data w-03-12-ps.062_stevens | waverunners | Provisional best file | Andrew Stevens |
| Nearshore bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2012, collected from personal watercraft | waverunners | This part of the data release presents bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta collected in May 2012 using two personal watercraft (PWCs). The PWCs were equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. | Andrew Stevens |