Field Activity 2005-050-FA

Identifier 2005-050-FA
Alternate names C-1-05-PS
Purpose Investigate the influence of eelgrass on near bed currents, waves and sediment transport.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Jessie Lacy. Mooring Deployment data (ADCP, PCADP, opticalbackscattersensor, pressuresensor, CTDmeter) of field activity C-1-05-PS in San Juan Islands, Puget Sound, WA from 04/25/2005 to 05/09/2005
Location WA
Summary Moorings deployed and recovered: 6 (#778, 779, 780, 789, 790 and 791).
Info derived Time series data;
Comments Seagrass experiment, one ADCP frame and two tripods (collecting data in bottom 2 meters of water column), deployed at two sites: Indian Cove, Shaw Island 4/25 to 5/1, and North Beach, Waldron Island 5/2 to 5/9 Staff information imported from InfoBank Jessie Lacy (USGS) - Chief Scientist Jodi Eshleman (USGS) - Oceanographer Kevin O'Toole (USGS) - Mechanical Technician Dave Gonzales (USGS) - Electronic Technician Hal Williams (USGS) - Mechanical Technician Skip Bold (Coral Sea Water Company) - Captain
Projects
Platform
Coral Sea
Length: 90 feet; Beam: 22 feet.
Itinerary
Start Friday Harbor Lab, WA and Univ. of Washington, Friday Harbor Lab, WA 2005-04-25
End Friday Harbor Lab, WA and Univ. of Washington, Friday Harbor Lab, WA 2005-05-09
Days in the field 15
Bounds
West -126
East -122
North 50
South 47
Activity Mooring Deployment

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Jessica R Lacy
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Jessica R Lacy
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Menlo Park: Jessica Lacy - Ch. Sci.; Jodi Eshleman, David Gonzales, Kevin O Toole, Harold Williams

Data types and categories

Data category: Visual Identification
Data type: Ground Truthing

Moorings

RCV: 778, 779, 780, 789, 790, 791; DEP: 778, 779, 780, 789, 790, 791;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Mooring tripod Ground Truthing (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity