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

Field Activity W0411PS

Identifier W0411PS
Alternate names W-04-11-PS
Purpose Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta
Description Chief Scientists: Jon Warrick, Guy Gelfenbaum. Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta data of field activity W-04-11-PS in Puget Sound from 05/15/2011 to 05/18/2011
Location Puget Sound
Info derived beach topography, nearshore bathymetry
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS) - Chief Scientist Andrew Stevens (USGS) - Oceanographer Jackson Currie (USGS) - Marine Technician Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician Ian Miller (Washington Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist
Projects
Platform
Waverunners
Itinerary
Start Port Angeles, WA 2011-05-15
End Port Angeles, WA 2011-05-18
Bounds
West -123.581
East -123.53667
North 48.15703
South 48.13724
Activity Collect beach topography and nearshore bathymetry data at the Elwha River delta

Personnel

Principal investigators Jonathan WarrickGuy R Gelfenbaum
Crew members
Andrew Stevens
Scientist, Staff
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jon Warrick
Affiliate staff Andrew Schwartz (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Coastal Scientist,Andrew Ryan (Wash. State Dept. of Ecology) - Field Technician,Ian Miller (Washington Sea Grant) - Coastal Scientist

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
waverunners Navigation, Single Beam 10

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format waverunners Andrew Stevens
Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2011 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 2011. 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-04-11-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-04-11-ps.060_topo_A_Ryan waverunners Provisional best file Andrew Stevens
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_A_Schwartz waverunners Provisional best file Andrew Stevens
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_A_Stevens waverunners Provisional best file Andrew Stevens
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.060_topo_G_Gelfenbaum waverunners Provisional best file Andrew Stevens
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.061_black waverunners Provisional best file Andrew Stevens
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-04-11-ps.061_red waverunners Provisional best file Andrew Stevens
Nearshore bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2011, collected from personal watercraft waverunners This part of the data release presents bathymetry data from the Elwha River delta collected in May 2011 using two personal watercraft (PWCs). The PWCs were equipped with single-beam echosounders and survey-grade global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. Andrew Stevens
Topography data from the Elwha River delta, Washington, May 2011 waverunners This part of the data release presents topography data from the Elwha River delta collected in May 2011. Topography data were collected on foot with global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers mounted on backpacks. Andrew Stevens

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity